Genome evolution in plants and the origins of innovation James W. Clark James Clark #TansleyInsight 📖 ow.ly/Fwz450PHoLY

My masters thesis research on the phylogeography and species limits of chuckwalla lizards is now published in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society w/ Tod Reeder @chuckwalla1 Jorge Valdez-Villavicencio doi.org/10.1093/biolin…

It's NSF GRFP season! Applications are due in October. Here is a link to a Google Sheet with essays from many successful applicants. #AcademicChatter docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

First, an update on phylogenomics of #Freziera (#Pentaphylacaceae). We more deeply explored the source of artifactual orthologs and their impact on tree inference. Co-lead by Laura Frost & Ana María Bedoya, and hopefully nearing the end of peer review 🤞🏻. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Next, we inferred phylogeny of #Palicourea (#Rubiaceae) and found biogeography, climate and floral traits drive evolution in this ecologically important clade. In collab with Charlotte Taylor, and lead by Ana María Bedoya with AislinnMumford and Laymon Ball. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…

A team including our own Mark Grabowski goes deep into what it means to assign numbers to aspects of reality - and its relevance for interpreting the fossil record. Open access in Trends in Ecology & Evolution cell.com/trends/ecology…

📢 Applying to Fellowships? Applying to Graduate School? We have a database of successful materials - including personal statements, research proposals & CVs!! The best way to cinch your success in fellowships & apps is to read essays that hit mark!🏆 cientificolatino.com/writing-center

Meat, rice and all things nice. Biryani rules. But these dishes are worth a chance. #newstory cntraveller.in/story/beyond-b…

Not just maths ....

Since noticing similarities between eukaryotic and prokaryotic immune systems, we have been wondering, how do these conserved systems evolve ? We used my favorite antiphage system, viperins, to provide some answers! biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… 🧵 below.👏Helena Shomar Héloïse Georjon

After six years of work with countless generous individuals and researchers, decades of work from previous researchers and communities, I am STOKED to announce the phylogenomics and #museomics of Homalopsidae has been published in the Bulletin Society of Systematic Biologists ! ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb…

Evaluating Visualizations for Inference and Decision-Making (Jessica Hullman’s talk in the Columbia statistics seminar next Monday) statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2023/09/14/eva…

Next Friday 22 September is the 20th anniversary of the release of Mesquite, a program/system for phylogenetic data and analyses developed by David R. Maddison and me, and currently in version 3.8. Some thoughts & a party! — a 🧵. mesquiteproject.org

We're going to have an online party 22 September 9:00 am Pacific Time (16:00 UTC/GMT; 18:00 CEST), probably on Zoom. We'll likely require you to enter via a registered Zoom account. We'll post the details here before the meeting!

Everyone, meet Pampaphoneus! This gnarly beast lived 265 million years ago in what is now the São Gabriel region of southern Brazil. A paper by Mateus A. Costa Santos et al, unveils a newly discovered gorgeous specimen of this formidable predator. #FossilFriday

Chinese giant salamander world's largest amphibian, capable of growing nearly 6ft in length (1.8 meters

Yes! A new comprehensive study of #CAM #plant #diversity & evolution, including an updated #phylogeny “CAM lineages of planet Earth” I’m so fond of classic CAM cacti & orchids, I forget how many other clades evolved it, even some #ferns erika edwards Annals of Botany academic.oup.com/aob/article/do…

Whole-genome sequencing across 449 samples spanning 47 ethnolinguistic groups provides insights into genetic diversity in Nigeria. #WGS #PopulationGenomics #NigeriaPopulation Cell Genomics cell.com/cell-genomics/…

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Coleman & Cannatella provide a thorough and very useful review on "The molecular basis and evolution of toxin resistance in #poisonfrogs" link.springer.com/article/10.100… Evolutionary Ecology