"What traps clades into confined regions of “phenotypic spaces”? When comparative analyses are paired with evidence from multiple fields, even these “abominable mysteries” can be potentially understood. “Evolvability” may provide good starting points in this enterprise." (🧵1/2)

(🧵2/2) From my Evolution Journal Book Review of “Evolvability” (2023, MIT Press) Link: doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

From my Evolution Journal Book Review of “Evolvability: A unifying concept in evolutionary biology?” (2023, MIT Press) doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

This year’s SSE Presidents’ Award goes to Dr. Samarth Mathur for his paper, “An evolutionary perspective on genetic load in small, isolated populations as informed by whole genome resequencing and forward-time simulations.” shorturl.at/f45PN Samarth Mathur Evolution Journal

This year’s Honorable Mention goes to Dr. Robin Costello for her paper, “Multilevel selection on social network traits differs between sexes in experimental populations of forked fungus beetles.” shorturl.at/HnTmm Evolution Journal

Excited to catch up with everyone at #Evol2024! I will be around and hope to chat with people in a few capacities. Catch me at Evolution Journal booth 7/28, 4pm. I am serving as an AE and happy to chat about submissions!

Happy to be in Montreal for #Evol2024 ! Stop by the ⁦SSE⁩ booth during the Monday afternoon coffee break to say hi or talk about ⁦Evolution Journal⁩ (I’m an AE). And my talk is Tuesday morning - great symposium on evolutionary rescue!

ICYMI: Our August Editor's Choice article finds that these butterflies benefit from choosing brighter males "Ultraviolet signaling in a butterfly is preferred by females and conveys male genetic quality" Nina Wedell & Darrell J Kemp academic.oup.com/evolut/article…

I'm a bit late with this, but very happy with the result of Pablo Lavaniegos Puebla's MSc thesis on evolution of parental care in extant birds, with Verónica Rincón Rubio (PhD student)...check it out in Evolution Journal academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…

New Evolution Journal paper alert! Paul Dougherty explored continued rapid change in the iconic (to at least 2-3 people) Passerina bunting hybrid zone. doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

Who cares? Elucidating parental care evolution in extant birds academic.oup.com/evolut/advance… Evolution Journal

Don't miss our new Editor's Choice article: "Is adaptation associated with long-term persistence beyond a geographic range limit?" by Regan L Cross & Christopher G Eckert. Read it now for free! academic.oup.com/evolut/article… Regan Cross OUP Life Sciences Oxford Academic Oxford University Press

Check out the 2nd chapter of my PhD, now published in SSE . Will make a follow up thread later...

This book has been heavily promoted the last year and is likely to have some interesting biological examples. A critical, sharp and well-written review was just published in Evolution Journal where David Houle questions some central arguments in the book: academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…

🚨 New paper out now in Evolution Journal! 🚨 Our intl team led by Laboury Antoine demonstrates contrasting macroevolutionary patterns in iconic #marinereptiles—#ichthyosaurs and #eosauropterygians—across the #Triassic–#Jurassic transition 🌊🦎📈 Accepted manuscript: tinyurl.com/4dbdp43h

Massive congratulation to my former lab mate Laboury Antoine who just published one of his PhD chapter in Evolution Journal 🔥interesting in diversification patterns of marine reptiles at the T/J boundary? 🐊🦎Go check his paper! doi.org/10.1093/evolut…

Catching up a bit...chirp. Great work by prior MS Jack McKermitt in SSE Evolution. High plasticity to immediate competitive environment in male cricket calls but limited evolutionary response under different sex ratios academic.oup.com/evolut/article… John Hunt Scott Sakaluk

Now seeking new Associate Editors for 2025! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by October 31: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9FvLN…

Now seeking new Associate Editors for 2025! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by October 31: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9FvLN…

Now seeking new Associate Editors for 2025! AEs receive free membership in SSE and free registration to the annual Evolution meeting. Indicate your interest in this short form by October 31: forms.gle/JwAmeM4YV9FvLN…