Latest in our resolution of evolutionary conflicts Royal Society Publishing special feature:

'Blessing or curse: how the epigenetic resolution of host-transposable element conflicts shapes their evolutionary dynamics'

Super cool from Yuheng Huang + Grace Yuh Chwen Lee
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Researchers have shown that a relatively rare evolutionary event birthed an entirely new species of Amazonian butterfly around 180,000 years ago — Jenn Coughlan and Megan Frayer explain why proving it is so hard. go.nature.com/3xC2Zs6

Why do transposons jump at highly variable rates, and what does that mean to host evolution? In this 
Annual Reviews, Andrea Betancourt, Kevin Wei, Yuheng, and I integrated classic pop gen theories and new empirical data to explore this long-standing question. annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Georgy Semenov leads our latest work in collaboration with Vladimir Pravosudov on the genetics of variation in spatial cognition in food-caching chickadees out today in Current Biology. Carrie Branch Ben Sonnenberg (he/him)

#GWAS can be affected by confounding; Alexander Strudwick Young explores a Carl Veller Graham Coop #PLOSBiology study which asks how different sources of confounding affect GWASs & whether family-based designs offer a solution. Primer plos.io/3UeYyfC Paper plos.io/3Qmu2hF

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microPublications in Ecology and Evolution!

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Joanna Blaszczak and I are recruiting a postdoc in quantitative ecology to model the population and community dynamics of benthic algal communities. Come join us in the beautiful eastern Sierra and Great Basin! Please share! More details here: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external/j…

Now out! New work led by Bianca Sacchi and Zoë Humphries, with colleagues from University of Toronto EEB @cageftoronto and Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Acad. Sci. - TE invasion and gene loss happen on Y chromosomes with pre-existing recombination suppression, along with very high rates of rearrangement academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

The quantitative genetics of gene expression in Mimulus guttatus dlvr.it/T5P8Q0

Congratulations to Carl Veller on the publication of his article on confounding in population and family GWAS PLOS Biology

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Thinking about conducting international fieldwork, but unsure where to start, or how to do so ethically? This #Botany360 panel will address these questions and more!

April 22, 2024, 3-4pm EST

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We're hiring a breeding specialist Avalo! We're looking for someone who is comfortable leading a team, passionate about the future of crop breeding, and thinks creatively about the use of technology in the crop development process.
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I'm both delighted and honored to win the JMS 🏆. Huge thanks to Katie Peichel for being a great postdoc advisor and for nominating me, FilipKolar for being the best PhD supervisor and many other amazing scientists & friends I worked with so far: you made this happen ❤️

Interested in evolutionary genomics/population genomics and plant genetics? Want to do your PhD in beautiful Stockholm? We have two 4-year PhD student positions available in my group at Stockholm University. More info, see tanjaslottelab.se Please RT #ecrchat #PhD 1/4

Duke University One herbarium’s thorny future: Duke to close century-old 'gem' of biodiversity research wfae.org/2024-04-08/duk…

Come join us!! We focus on all aspects of preparing for the faculty job market, from written materials to interview prep. Last year we had six awesome scholars in the inaugural UNVEIL cohort, four of whom have already accepted faculty positions! Reach out with any questions.

Huge thanks to 312 people who have completed this! We haven't received many reponses particualrly from Portuguese/Spanish speakers. Pls let us know your thoughs on how we can overome #languagebarriers ICCB:
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Spanish: conbio.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT05…

Congrats to our newest Genetics PhD, Dr. Makenzie Whitener! Here Makenzie is with her advisor Dr. Andrea Sweigart Andrea Sweigart

Congratulations Makenzie!

New work from the lab! We present a novel method for inferring the geographic locations of shared genetic ancestors and use it to infer the geographic history of human genetic ancestry biorxiv.org/content/10.110…