I wrote an R script to download photos from #inaturalist based on a list of species. Maybe it can be useful for someone else? Code is available at github.com/ghuertaramos/I…

Gene surfing of underdominant alleles promotes formation of hybrid zones biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_evobio

If you want to jump straight to the report: bit.ly/36xKdRC

Join me at my talk sharing some preliminary data on Silene floral color evolution on Tuesday at 1pm EDT in the Macroevolution I session! #Botany2021

I've just registered for #FREE for virtual attendance of "#Pangenomes: Evolution and #Computation" #PGEC2021 Nov 17, 9:00-17:30 CET pgec2021.schlieplab.org > Adrián Calzadilla Adrián MB Héctor (dvke) José Luis Roda Carlos Pérez-González CFlores-Lab @resocios #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Bioinformática

Demographic history shapes genomic variation in an intracellular parasite with a wide geographic distribution biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

Demographic history shapes genomic variation in an intracellular parasite with a wide geographic distribution biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_evobio

Hi Twitter. I just submitted my first manuscript to biorxiv with Peter Fields. Check it out: doi.org/10.1101/2021.1… 🥳

Here's how mutations in #SARSCoV2 Nu variant (B.1.1.529) will affect polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies targeting RBD. These assessments based on deep-mutational scanning experiments; underlying data can be explored interactively at jbloomlab.github.io/SARS2_RBD_Ab_e… (1/n)

There have been a number of overview threads on the emerging variant designated as @PangoNetwork lineage B.1.1.529, Nextstrain clade 21K and World Health Organization (WHO) Variant of Concern Omicron. I'm not going to attempt to be comprehensive here, but will highlight a few aspects of the data. 1/16

I think there's perhaps been some confusion regarding transmissibility vs immune escape in Omicron. The apparent rapid increase in frequency of Omicron in Gauteng does not mean that Omicron is necessarily more intrinsically transmissible than Delta. 1/15

Just started: a discussion among virologists and evolutionary biology experts on the new Omicron variant, looking at data in the early days. x.com/i/spaces/1YpKk…

Following up here with speculative estimates of the rate of spread of Omicron and a stab at how to apportion this rapid rate of spread between intrinsic transmissibility and immune escape. 1/18

We've seen exceptionally rapid spread of Omicron in South Africa. Although we should expect this rapid spread to follow in other geographies, we've mostly lacked data to confirm this until recently. 1/21 x.com/trvrb/status/1…

No support for a meiosis suppressor in Daphnia pulex: Comparison of linkage maps reveals normal recombination in males of obligate parthenogenetic lineages. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv

There is now enough genomic data from the US and Germany to repeat this approach to estimating Omicron-specific rate of epidemic spread. Here, we observe similar initial rapid spread in the US and Germany. 1/10 x.com/trvrb/status/1…

Cool paper on Cladoceran macroevolution from van Damme, et al. Multiple origins of predation! Whole-Genome Phylogenetic Reconstruction as a Powerful Tool to Reveal Homoplasy and Ancient Rapid Radiation in Waterflea Evolution academic.oup.com/sysbio/advance…

Evolutionary Biology Field Course, Guarda, Switzerland, summer 2022. Dieter Ebert is reviving this after a 2 y hiatus. John Krebs and @hopihoekstra on the faculty! Details: evolution.unibas.ch/teaching/guard…

Great conference during the last two days: In person and with free coffee. I got to present a poster about my PhD project. Check it out online: doi.org/10.6084/m9.fig… Work with Peter Fields and Dieter Ebert (in prep.) #biology22basel Biology22 Basel (1/3)

What do you think about our new preprint? 🥳🥳🥳Please let us know! It’s about how geography, mode of transmission, and long-term host–parasite coevolution is shaping genomic variation in a microsporidium. Peter Fields biorxiv.org/content/10.110…