New in Ecology: Genetically diverse populations spread faster in benign but not in challenging environments With #OpenData in Zenodo #InvasionEcology #Biodiversity #RangeExpansion Frederik Mortier @BonteDries doi.org/10.1002/ecy.33…

We uncovered multiple mechanisms of host modulation of Wolbachia-induced CI in mites. After crossing thousands of mites and tracking over 55,000 eggs, proud to see our preprint go live. Work with Frederik Mortier and @BonteDries biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

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Interacting host modifier systems control Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility in a haplodiploid mite onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… New Evolution Letters by Nick Wybouw, Frederik Mortier, and @BonteDries. 📷: Jan van Arkel

On my way to #ESEB2022 to present results from a eco-evo face-off between invading Duckweed polyploids and their ancestral population in experimetal microcosms. You can visit my poster (nr 415) and related work of Silvija Milosavljevic and Felipe Kauai (404, 407).

Stuck on the highway on the way to #ESEB2022. No problem. SPIN-CITY shows us efficiency by collecting data to evaluate urban effects on spider color variation🕷️. Don't miss posters 241, 552, 238!

(Pls RT and Share!) We're super excited to announce that the 28th European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology is coming to Scotland - May 29th to June 3rd 2023! 🥳 We'll be sharing more info about the conference and abstract submissions here soon, so stay tuned!

I had the honor to collaborate on Felipe Kauai's first project at our lab. His work, involving polyploid speciation in neutral simulation models, now got published!! 👏👏

The duplication of genomes and gene regulatory networks and its potential for evolutionary adaptation and survival biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The first paper of my PhD is now published! We examined how forest structural complexity affects birds nutritional status, inferred from their feather growth rate, and showed a postitive impact. Free access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol…

Experimental evolution with polyploids was a hot topic during the team building retreat of Yves Van de Peer's lab: Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics (BEG) Lab! Shown is Frederik Mortier presenting his research.

We are pleased to show our freshly published review article in the polyploidy special issue of Oikos . We review polyploid establishment and show how coexistence theory can help to undertstand it. doi.org/10.1111/oik.09…

🌱From the upcoming #AJB #Polyploidy special issue🌱 The immediate metabolomic effects of whole-genome duplication in the greater #duckweed, S. polyrhiza By Tian, Yves Van de Peer, Frederik Mortier, @almeidasilvaf et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany Wiley Plant Science

🌱From the upcoming #AJB #Polyploidy special issue🌱 A metabolic perspective on polyploid invasion & the emergence of life histories: Insights from a mechanistic model By Silvija Milosavljevic, Felipe Kauai, Frederik Mortier, Yves Van de Peer & @BonteDries doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany

The Rise of Polyploids During Environmental Catastrophes biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you happen to be interested in the coexistence of diploids and tetraploids given modern coexistence theory and stochastic population dynamics - Check out our #JustAccepted paper at @ASNAmNat with Soltis Lab @UF + Nicholas Kortessis - doi.org/10.1086/734411

Polyploid fitness isn’t just about growing fast—it’s about outcompeting their progenitors! 🌱 We had neopolyploid duckweed and their progenitor invade each other, revealing how stress & frequency-dependent growth shape WGD success... or failure. #polyploid doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

Wheat, oats, and some species of salamanders are polyploid: They have more than two sets of chromosomes. The redundancy has pros and cons. Which prevail depends on an organism’s fitness landscape, new research has revealed. go.aps.org/4hqOGbf

🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Mutual invasion experiments of polyploid duckweed show that competitive effects and salt stress conditions could not help the overcome the #polyploidy disadvantage to their direct diploid progenitors Frederik Mortier Paper: buff.ly/WisS0YE Blog: buff.ly/IME0FoS