Will Yaeger
@wyaeger.bsky.social
E&E PhD student @UChicago 🍄🌿🧬
Plant evolutionary and population genetics
Plant evolutionary and population genetics
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Fascinating new research ➡️ Black Death kicked off by volcanic eruptions causing crop failures. Desperate for grain, Italian city states agreed truce with Mongol Horde to import grain. Fleas infected with Plague bacterium survived ship journey by feeding on grain dust. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Climate-driven changes in Mediterranean grain trade mitigated famine but introduced the Black Death to medieval Europe - Communications Earth & Environment
Post-volcanic climate downtown in southern Europe around 1345–1347 CE caused widespread famine, leading to Italian maritime republics importing grain from the Black Sea region and introducing fleas ca...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Fascinating new research ➡️ Black Death kicked off by volcanic eruptions causing crop failures. Desperate for grain, Italian city states agreed truce with Mongol Horde to import grain. Fleas infected with Plague bacterium survived ship journey by feeding on grain dust. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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I am so excited to share the advance online version of our new paper "Do genetic loci that cause reproductive isolation in the lab inhibit gene flow in nature?" Bret and I really enjoyed thinking about these ideas and we hope others find the discussion useful!
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Do Genetic Loci that Cause Reproductive Isolation in the Lab Inhibit Gene Flow in Nature?
Abstract. The genetic dissection of reproductive barriers between diverging lineages provides enticing clues into the origin of species. One strategy uses linka
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March 18, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I am so excited to share the advance online version of our new paper "Do genetic loci that cause reproductive isolation in the lab inhibit gene flow in nature?" Bret and I really enjoyed thinking about these ideas and we hope others find the discussion useful!
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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The extent to which prophage proteins interact with eukaryotic macromolecules is largely unknown. In this work, we show that proteins, encoded by prophage WO of the endosymbiont Wolbachia, alter long noncoding RNA in sperm to establish cytoplasmic incompatibility
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Prophage proteins alter long noncoding RNA and DNA of developing sperm to induce a paternal-effect lethality
Wolbachia prophage manipulates sperm noncoding RNA and DNA vital for chromatin integrity and offers potential leads for vector control.
www.science.org
March 8, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The extent to which prophage proteins interact with eukaryotic macromolecules is largely unknown. In this work, we show that proteins, encoded by prophage WO of the endosymbiont Wolbachia, alter long noncoding RNA in sperm to establish cytoplasmic incompatibility
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New study gives support to the “RNA World” hypothesis. An RNA has been synthesized that can replicate other RNA, showing an in-principle mechanism for how it could have worked.
#evobio 🦫🦋 🗃️🧠 🌱🐋🧪🌎
#evobio 🦫🦋 🗃️🧠 🌱🐋🧪🌎
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March 9, 2024 at 11:48 PM
New study gives support to the “RNA World” hypothesis. An RNA has been synthesized that can replicate other RNA, showing an in-principle mechanism for how it could have worked.
#evobio 🦫🦋 🗃️🧠 🌱🐋🧪🌎
#evobio 🦫🦋 🗃️🧠 🌱🐋🧪🌎