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Defective splicing of Y-chromosome-linked gigantic genes underlies hybrid male sterility in Drosophila https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.22.655455v1

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Just out - Genome of the Amazon Guppy (Poecilia bifurca) reveals conservation of sex chromosomes and dosage compensation. By @squarehare.bsky.social, with @idarolti.bsky.social and others not yet on Bsky. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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And to start the weekend, a sweet story about an overweight emotional support pig named Truffles, and his emotional support chicken, Little Red. There are many important lessons here. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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📣 🥳 🧑‍💻 Our department is hiring: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics at Aarhus University, Denmark Deadline June 1st Thanks for sharing! mbg.au.dk/en/news-and-...

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Very happy with this review led by our amazing PhD student Isaac Harris!

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Europeans can also apply for MSCA fellowships abroad, and Canada is quite a nice place. Am happy to talk!

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Postdoc job opportunity! We're looking for ECR in evolutionary genomics to study the relation between intra-specific gene expression variability, polymorphism, and macro-evolutionary rates. We have the data in 3 fishes & amphioxus, just waiting for your expertise and enthusiasm! tinyurl.com/3aewk286

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We’re hiring! Join us at the @scilifelab-ngi.bsky.social in Uppsala, Sweden We're looking for a postdoc with a passion for -omics technology development to join our R&D team. This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of genomics and contribute to advancing cutting-edge sequencing tech!

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A great, fully-funded, PhD opportunity starting October 2025 Working on a hot topic using a wonderful natural bird system, at a great place (UEA), with a lovely team 😁. APPLY ASAP - deadline 19th May biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/avi... for my group see dsrichardsonlab.wordpress.com

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PhD position in evolutionary genetics in Linköping, with Urban Friberg. Mutation rates, flies, lots of sequencing, quantitative genetics! Please pass on to those who might be interested. :) liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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So proud of this preprint! The main paper from Puja Biswas @pujabiswas.bsky.social PhD revealing a female-biased role for the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway (IIS) pathway in regulating body fat in fruit flies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Siyu Xie’s paper is out now @genomeresearch.bsky.social. A remarkable story about this remarkable creature -Extreme heterochiasmy and high rates of sex-reversed recombination result in large yet homomorphic sex chromosomes in the Emei moustache toad genome.cshlp.org/content/earl...

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We are looking for new manager for our computing unit! If you have experience in both biology and computers, this might be the perfect job for you! UBC is a lovely place, and Zoology is a fantastic, collaborative and kind department. Apply by May 4th at ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs...

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The Department of Natural History at the museum in Trondheim is seeking an associate professor in vertebrate evolutionary genomics using ancient DNA approaches. Working alongside great colleagues including @museumevogen.bsky.social Deadline May 25 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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It's publication day of my first book: The Tree of Life. The tree of life is a time machine that can take us back 4 billion years to meet our most distant ancestor. It is the magic that lets us tell the origin stories, beginning with this ancient relative, of everything from mushrooms to man.

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I’m recruiting a PhD student in macrogenetics at Dalhousie University 🇨🇦! Focus will be on the biogeography of vertebrate genetic diversity or urban evolutionary ecology. Full ad: www.schmidt-biodiversity-lab.org/macrogenetic... If the ad is up, applications are still open. Please share widely! 🧬🧬

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A punk revival is overdue.

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I was so fortunate to work with @rejectresubmit.bsky.social on wrapping up some work from my postdoc with @stepheniwright.bsky.social. Check out our very cool paper pulling apart the history of sex chromosomes in Rumex! academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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Check out the latest @evolletters.bsky.social cover article: Parallel and convergent evolution in genes underlying seasonal migration, by Zamudio-Beltrán and colleagues academic.oup.com/evlett/artic...

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I urge folks to sign this letter and share it with their university colleagues to get critical mass.

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We are looking for new manager for our computing unit! If you have experience in both biology and computers, this might be the perfect job for you! UBC is a lovely place, and Zoology is a fantastic, collaborative and kind department. Apply by May 4th at ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs...

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I say this every time de-extinction comes up: it makes no sense to devote science to bringing back extinct animals when we can’t be bothered to keep extant ones alive in the first place.

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We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts. Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪

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NSERC Discovery Grant award results have been communicated to institutional research offices today (NOT an April fools joke).

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I'm not sure why, but I seem to have been added to a couple MAGA-resistance starter packs. The people who followed me from those in the past few days are going to be sorely disappointed with my normal posts about evolutionary genetics and my dachshund. Sorry in advance.

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There should be no question about this!

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Recording the audiobook version of my book ‘The Tree of Life’. Out 24th April! It’s fun but very hard work. @johnmurrays.bsky.social

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Postdoc position available at Stockholm University on host behavior and parasite virulence research using guppies. Collaborate with teams from US universities. More info: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:798807/where:4/ #postdoc

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Fabulous university. I loved my time there. Okay, a wee bit of rain…

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Apropos of nothing and in no way whatsoever related to current events at all… I wrote about how in nature, sex is so much more complicated than XX and XY. From insects and fish to lizards and even mammals, there’s an incredible amount of diversity.

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A great piece in The Scientist by @hannahthomasy.bsky.social on the stunning diversity of sex determination across species. A fun read on why sex determination is anything but simple. www.the-scientist.com/sex-determin...

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Allelic turnover and dominance reversal at a single-gene balanced polymorphism controlling heterodichogamous flowering in wingnuts (Juglandaceae) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.10.642504v1

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🚨If you fancy evolutionary genomics, theory, my lab now offers two fully-funded #PhD #genomics #popgen #evolution ℹ️One on sex-asex transitions with Christoph Haag bit.ly/4hp1q1A ℹ️One on allele-specific expression with Sylvain Glémin bit.ly/4iuKLuQ Part of #ERC RegEvol In #CEFE lab, Montpellier

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Our review on k-mers + pop gen is now published! doi.org/10.1093/molb...

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Dynamics of a supergene. A study of the BC supergene in wing color morphs of the African monarch #butterfly by @rishidekayne.bsky.social &co reveals dynamic evolution of #supergene haplotypes, fueled by incomplete recombination suppression 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/3DiFhnL

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Rethinking the relationship between the sex ratio and sexual selection doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @gcmcdon.bsky.social, @daniedmunds.bsky.social, @stuartwigby.bsky.social, and @jennyperry.bsky.social 📷: Dani Edmunds

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A popular account by @cogniivan.bsky.social of our study on sexual selection and intelligence in fish that is now out in Nature Ecology & Evolution. The journal link is in the article. theconversation.com/smart-is-sex...

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With @vdbijl.bsky.social , graphics by @jacejostles.bsky.social

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Do you know of a researcher working in the field of zoology and/or conservation who you think has made an outstanding contribution that deserves recognition? Nominations are due on Feb 25th for the ZSL awards program, which spans all career levels from UG onwards www.zsl.org/about-zsl/aw...

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We are looking for a postdoc in #EvolutionarySystemsBiology. Exciting science, amazing team, wonderful city! landrylab.ibis.ulaval.ca/research-opp... #evolution #synbio #systemsbiology #genomics

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We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/

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AGU congratulates AGU members Catherine V. Davis, Sean Michaletz(@seanmichaletz.bsky.social) & Courtney J. Sprain for being honored as 2025 Sloan Fellows. The 2025 Sloan Research Fellows are a group of 126 exceptional early-career scientists and scholars who represent the brightest in their fields.

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I am hiring a lab technician! If you know anyone who has experience with field studies, enjoys working with plants, and is a good communicator and hard worker, pls pass this along! The position is for one year with the possibility of renewal. Please re-skeet! careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

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“ERC succeeds because it’s different. Its simple, tailored procedures allow Europe’s best researchers to thrive. Bureaucratic processes designed for other programmes should not be imposed on it.” @marialep.bsky.social spoke up for an independent ERC with a doubled budget today @europarl.europa.eu

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It has been nearly 20 years since I lived in the US, but I still have strong ties, friends and family there. The last month (has it only been a month?) has been hard to watch from the outside, and I can only imagine how much more difficult it is on the inside. @eseb.bsky.social sums it up well.

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