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Science Magazine @science.org · 23d

A new Science study of ants in Fiji—involving genomic sequencing of over 4000 ant specimens from museum collections—shows that most native species have been in decline since humans first arrived in the archipelago 3000 years ago. https://scim.ag/489mI2o

Genomic signatures indicate biodiversity loss in an endemic island ant fauna

Insect populations have declined worldwide, but the extent and drivers of these declines are debated. Most studies rely on field surveys performed in the past century, leaving gaps in our understandin...

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · 25d

Amazing opportunity for developing a PhD on a exciting research topic, within an emerging and young team, located at an interdisciplinary institution.

www.irec.es/en/noticias/...

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 28d

New Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota associations. 👇

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Applying evolutionary theory to understand host–microbiome evolution - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This Perspective discusses how well-established theoretical models of evolution can be adapted to study and generate testable predictions about the evolutionary dynamics of host–microbiota association...

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Marta Cruz-Flores @martacruz-flores.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oferta de contrato doctoral (4 años) para trabajar en el proyecto ConnecTick en #microbiología, #genómica y #ecologíamicrobiana en el @irec-csic-uclm.bsky.social
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Sandra Díaz Sánchez @sdiazsanchez.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨 Contrato #FPI predoctoral. Buscamos candidata/o para el proyecto ConnecTick en el #IREC-CSIC (Ciudad Real)
🔬 Proyecto interdisciplinar: #microbiología, #genómica, #ecologíamicrobiana
📍 Contrato FPI de 4 años
📅 Plazo: hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2025
📩 [email protected]
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Sandra Díaz Sánchez @sdiazsanchez.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨 Contrato #FPI predoctoral. Buscamos candidata/o para el proyecto ConnecTick en el #IREC-CSIC (Ciudad Real)
🔬 Proyecto interdisciplinar: #microbiología, #genómica, #ecologíamicrobiana
📍 Contrato FPI de 4 años
📅 Plazo: hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2025
📩 [email protected]
Más información 👇

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · Aug 20

😍👀 @brentcemerson.bsky.social

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Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) @biogeneurope.bsky.social · Aug 19

New #referencegenome for the ironclad #beetle Tarphius canariensis, a representative species from one of the more notable #arthropod radiations within the Canary Islands.🧬

🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-2...

#BGE @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Trends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · Aug 13

"The molecular evolutionary basis of species formation revisited"
by Molly Schumer (@mollyschumer.bsky.social) & colleagues

"The origin of species has long fascinated biologists, but determining the genes [involved] has only recently become possible in non-model organisms."

shorturl.at/wG0B5

Figure 1. Illustration of different genetic and evolutionary mechanisms that can contribute to the evolution of hybrid incompatibilities.

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Ryan Gutenkunst @ryangutenkunst.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you're new to demographic history inference from population genomics, try this webapp I created to illustrate how dadi fits bottleneck models to site frequency spectra: ryangutenkunst-dadi-two-epoch.hf.space . It even outputs files for submitting to the GHIST competition! ghi.st

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Asociación Española de Climatología @aeclim.org · Jul 28

El mar de nubes canario desciende cien metros en medio siglo debido al cambio climático por @veropaves.bsky.social
#cambioclimatico

www.eldia.es/sociedad/202...

El mar de nubes canario desciende cien metros en medio siglo debido al cambio climático

Investigadores de la Universidad de La Laguna utilizan ocho décadas de información satelital para comprobar el impacto del calentamiento global en la capa de inversión térmica

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our understanding of species colonisation of oceanic islands has exploded, revealing unknown multiple colonisation events! Using a species complex of endemic weevils on the Canary Islands, the consequences of multiple colonisation dynamics were explored🌍 🧪 👇
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

Gren cacti overlook the ocean and a cliff face on La Palma island, Gran Canaria

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · Jul 17

🥳 Published in @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social in collaboration with Erasmus+ funded MSc student Alya Campedel from the Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure @ibensens.bsky.social

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Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our understanding of species colonisation of oceanic islands has exploded, revealing unknown multiple colonisation events! Using a species complex of endemic weevils on the Canary Islands, the consequences of multiple colonisation dynamics were explored🌍 🧪 👇
academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

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Brent Emerson @brentcemerson.bsky.social · Jul 14

1/2 Unexpected and weird results are frustrating unless you have the opportunity to get to the bottom of them, and we frequently encounter this with island arthropods. Following up on them is time consuming, but often provides quirky insights into community assembly dynamics.

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · Jul 7

🧬 Happy to share this collaborative article, a great team effort with Sandra Diáz-Sánchez @sdiazsanchez.bsky.social and J. de la Fuente from IREC @uclm.es
@csic.es with @ipna.csic.es @ull.es @invest-ull.bsky.social

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣 New #genomics paper on the #microbiota dynamics across different tick species under contrasting spatial and environmental contexts, published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social by @britishecologicalsociety.org

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Host‐Specificity and Network Structure of Tick Microbiota in Co‐Distributed Species From the Iberian Peninsula

We investigate the community composition and structure of microbiota across natural populations of three co-distributed tick species in the central Iberian Peninsula. Our results revealed a complex a...

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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · Jul 1

Using simulations and empirical data, Thawornwattana, Flouri, @wtf-r-species.bsky.social & @zihengyang.bsky.social ‬ et al. evaluate the performance of the MSC-M model for inferring gene flow.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf121

#evobio #molbio #geneflow

Inference of Gene Flow between Species from Genomic Data When the Mode, Direction, and Lineages are Misspecified

Abstract. Thanks to genomic data, interspecific gene flow is increasingly recognized as a major evolutionary force that shapes biodiversity. Two models hav

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Judith Mank @judithmank.bsky.social · Jun 27

Very pleased to see this officially out - Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals. With @siluwang.bsky.social, @dortizba.bsky.social and Loren Rieseberg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · Jun 19

Replicate geographic transects across a hybrid zone reveal parallelism and differences in the genetic architecture of reproductive isolation
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Georgy Semenov et al.

Replicate geographic transects across a hybrid zone reveal parallelism and differences in the genetic architecture of reproductive isolation

Abstract. Determining the genetic architecture of traits involved in adaptation and speciation is one of the key components of understanding the evolutiona

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Rosa Fernández @rosafernandez.bsky.social · Jun 18

Glad to see this paper finally out! An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids
@natecoevo.nature.com @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @csic.es @erc.europa.eu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An episodic burst of massive genomic rearrangements and the origin of non-marine annelids - Nature Ecology & Evolution

An analysis of annelid genomes reveals massive reshuffling of chromosomes in the ancestral lineage leading to clitellates, a clade composed of non-marine annelids, with potential implications for the ...

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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 18

Take the opportunity to share your research at #Ento25 by submitting your abstracts before this Friday, and register soon for a huge discount on registration 🐞

📅 Abstract deadline: 17:00 (BST), 20 June 🔽

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Abstract submission - Royal Entomological Society

Abstract Submission Deadline for submissions: Friday 20th June 2025 Ento25 provides an opportunity to present your research to a large audience across the field of insect science. We are offering…

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Dr. Phil @ecobiotechphil.bsky.social · Dec 6

How microbiome influences evolution - "Recent experiments showing that microbiota can play an initial role in speciation have been suggested as an additional mode of enhancing evolution. "
This is fascinating 🦠
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.....

The hologenome concept of evolution after 10 years - Microbiome

The holobiont (host with its endocellular and extracellular microbiome) can function as a distinct biological entity, an additional organismal level to the ones previously considered, on which natural...

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · May 30

Thanks to a 'Viera & Clavijo' research grant from @invest-ull.bsky.social, genomic data 🧬 will be now generated to test evolutionary hypotheses of shared divergence and demographic patterns across species intimately linked to these laurel forests.

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Víctor Noguerales @victor-noguerales.bsky.social · May 30

Sampling for the 'MadBeetle' project is now complete! 🪲

In collaboration with @dlugo95.bsky.social, we have succesfully collected arthropods accross the superb laurel forests from Madeira! This project is proudly funded by @linneansociety.bsky.social and the Percy Sladen Memorial Fund.

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