Lizards do jazz hands to avoid fights! Our findings published in Behavioral Ecology suggest that lizards rely on displays (rather than colour patches conveying static information on sexual maturity) to attenuate aggression during social interactions doi.org/10.1093/beheco… Read on!

SO proud of my dear friend @nenaabondano for this monster of a paper, out in Molecular Ecology, providing strong evidence of chemical signalling during courtship in some #poisonfrogs 🤯 💯 Feat. also Fernando Vargas-Salinas #ETwomey #LSchulte #CienciaCriolla🇨🇴 doi.org/10.1111/mec.17…

Still looking for a lab for your @JAEIntro_CSIC? We have a project investigating the molecular determinants underlying the increased pathogenesis of a common virus in newborns. You will get training in molecular biology and virology. Check out project #JAEINT24_EX_0193

We’ll be hosting the 2nd edition of this immersive course on evolution at multiple time scales and levels of organisation. If you are a PhD student interested in evolution, apply for a fellowship to come to Doñana this fall and enjoy lively discussions in a friendly atmosphere 👇

📢Out now! How do the epigenome and genome interact to shape phenotypic variation? Our review in Evolutionary Applications explores how these interactions play out in natural populations and vary within and between diverse plant and animal taxa: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ev…

New work with Erik Svensson @AdamSiepielski Ron Bassar and Simon Tye onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 I'm offering a PhD position in Functional Evolutionary Ecology with Cliff Plants in my group at IICG-URJC biodiversos.urjc🧗‍♀️🌱🌾 📅 Start date: 18/11/2024 ⏳ Duration: 4 years 💰 Gross salary: 1700€/month 🗓️ Application deadline: 2 October 2024 More details👇

Huge congratulations to Cristina Rueda for optimising this incredible system for tracking small, vagile animals in complex and threatened ecosystems, and thanks for involving me in this incredible work! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7…

Looking for an MSc on bugs, behaviour, evolution? Come join us on the east coast! I'm happy to work with students to apply for CGS-M funding: nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudi… We study sexual selection, social behaviour, evolutionary conflict, insect thermal ecology - lab site in bio

Los políticos mediocres no se notan cuando todo va bien. Cuando no hay problemas, o son los problemas de siempre, la maquinaria administrativa engrasada por miles de funcionarios capaces sigue girando. A veces mejor, a veces peor. Pero cuando vienen malas de verdad, ahí se mide

New preprint out! We tested the association between "epigenetic potential" and dispersal in wild pied flycatchers, with the hypothesis that⏫epigenetic potential may facilitate successfull settlement in novel environments through ⏫ phenotypic plasticity biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/art…

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Hoy el sector de la investigación ha salido a la calle para exigir la dignidad que merecen las universidades públicas de Madrid Ahora debemos seguir avivando esta 🔥 y expandirla por todo el sistema universitario, hasta que la #precariedad no sea la realidad de ninguna compañera

A lack of genetic variation can constrain adaptation, and correlations between trait variability and divergence are testaments of that. But how do we interpret such correlations when they last over many millions of years? New paper with Patrick Rohner nature.com/articles/s4155…

Arranca una semana muy especial para la ciencia!🔬✨ El 11F es mucho más que una fecha: es una oportunidad para visibilizar, inspirar y celebrar el papel de las mujeres en la ciencia. 👩‍🔬💡 📢 Súmate a la celebración usando los hashtags oficiales y ayúdanos a llevar el mensaje

Very happy to have been part of this excellent collaborative manuscript on the history of balancing selection, led by Filip Ruzicka, Martyna Zwoinska and Tim Connallon. This was a result from our great Special Topic Network (STN), funded by ESEB biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This is finally out out: Medieval genomes from eastern Iberia illuminate the role of Morisco mass deportations in dismantling a long-standing genetic bridge with North Africa doi.org/10.1186/s13059… Thread incoming...

Guppy colouration is a very diverse trait under natural & sexual selection. Using a combination of high-resolution phenotyping & genomic analysis, the authors reveal the genetic architecture of this complex trait. 🔒 nature.com/articles/s4155… 🔓 direct PDF - nature.com/articles/s4155…

First paper with my Universidad Córdoba Facultad de Ciencias - UCO affiliation! 🎉 Not all who wander are lost… 🐦 Male floaters of spotless starlings explore territories before settling: they detect vacancies, gather info, and increase their chances to breed. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/beheco…