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genomesevolve.bsky.social
Evolutionary and Mathematical Biology, sequence structure and function, genomes evolve, statistical theory and knowledge, empirical-theoretical interface, communication of evolutionary genetics, collaboratives, the mind-body problem, humanism
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Divergent paths, convergent heads: morphological adaptation of head shape to ecological niches in snakes. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.17.654544v1

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

This is really a major problem, not of peer review, but of the kinds of things that go on in the current system of what peer review has evolved into. My best recommendation is to be kind in response but resist the unhinged as well as you can. If reviewing, also be kind & resist being unhinged.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This is really nice CryoET work and video. paper link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This makes me sad, especially after another conversation today with a friend who has lost grants.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This made me laugh, and made me worry a bit that it seems to me to actually make sense and is a perfectly good argument.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

In asserting that her 'hips don’t lie,' Shakira inadvertently dismantled the epistemological foundations of logical positivism, demonstrating corporeally the semiotic validity of conveying truth through non-propositional, pelvic gyrations.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

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submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Many elongate species show a positive correlation between body size & number of vertebrae (pleomerism), but some groups lack it entirely, the reason for which we don't yet understand. Snakes, being long, are good model species for investigating this...a 🧵(1/3) 🧪🌍🐍 @puttert.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

If anyone is looking for a #postdoc in microbial #single-cell genomics, #metagenomics, marine soft-bodied animals, industrial extreme environments or #phages, MSCA-PF would be a good option to join my lab in Valencia 🇪🇸. Last year, my postdoc candidate got a certificate of excellence 🧬🖥🧫🦠🧪🦑 #microsky

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Zancolli, @marcrr.bsky.social @agneeshbarua.bsky.social et al. show that venom glands in marine predatory snails evolved via functional divergence from digestive organs, involving gene expression shifts and enhanced secretory machinery. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf095 #evobio #venom #mollusca

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This really sucks. Deeply offensive faux rationale as well.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Also, if you've ever tried to teach someone how to write up research, it is many times harder than writing up research yourself. You do it to help, train, mentor people. As in, actual humans.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Is It Moral For Catholics To Bet On Who The Next Pope Will Be? Where did you put your money?

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

About 80% of what this person says is interesting and thoughtful. Almost blocked due to vapid clickbait nature of the first post in series, read like unthinking acquiescence to right wing propaganda campaigns. But subsequent posts have real content. Not sure what strategy intended with first post.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I was highlighting good quotes from this and ended up highlighting half the article. Worth reading from start to finish.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Illumina $ILMN is adding 5% price increase on consumables in the US due to tariffs.

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

The funds didn't actually pay out because all NSF funds are frozen BUT it does go on my tenure file! www.colorado.edu/anthropology...

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Why are they trying to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs? #WithoutNSF the US would not be at the forefront of science innovation in the world. #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

submitted 21 days ago • 9 comments

Extracted blurb our department received from biotech company, surcharge to "maintain our operational integrity" and "retain flexibility". If you are lucky enough to still have a grant, be prepared to cut anyway.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments