Worms, genetics, small RNAs. Part 2. 👏👏👏

Our Cypripedium paper's published version is in Annals of Botany now! Annals of Botany doi.org/10.1093/aob/mc…

8PM EDT: This is nothing short of astronomical. I am at a loss for words to meteorologically describe you the storms small eye and intensity. 897mb pressure with 180 MPH max sustained winds and gusts 200+ MPH. This is now the 4th strongest hurricane ever recorded by pressure on

USAJOBS - Job Announcement (Cotton research position) usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDet…

The published version of the paper that goes along with Rob's awesome tutorial is now out: doi.org/10.1093/molbev… "The meaning and measure of concordance factors in phylogenomics"

So proud of Thanvi Thanvi Srikant and Adrian Adrián Gonzalo for a huge effort and a really nice set of results! We are slowly returning for a bit to the genome world - Thanvi has more to report soon - stay tuned! ;-)

Playing Jianzi, a traditional Chinese game

Tomorrow, the Texas House will vote on TX HB 366. If passed and signed into law, it would be a crime — punishable by fines or jail time — for many to share political content that, in the state’s view, "did not occur in reality." FIRE opposes this unconstitutional bill.

Hélène Grimaud: Bach - Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 ... youtu.be/dOHiI_5yycU?si… via YouTube Such artistry and moving, beautiful music...

The question of how to distinguish species boundaries from intraspecific geographic variation is now more of an issue than ever in the genomic age. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The Precision and Power of Population Branch Statistics in Identifying the Genomic Signatures of Local Adaptation academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-ar… GBE (Genome Biology and Evolution)

Polyploidy Conference: insb.cnrs.fr/fr/evolutionar… Registration deadline is fast approaching! (May 19th)

Registration deadline extended to May 19th...

New work by Xiang Li Xiang Li ! Using single-cell genomics to explore transcriptional divergence and cis-regulatory dynamics of duplicated genes biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original. nytimes.com/2025/05/15/wor…

Hibiscus is in for a shake up. Sabdariffa is back! Our latest paper raises Hibiscus section Furcaria to genus rank for the largest clade to be removed from Hibiscus. Free, open access: publish.csiro.au/SB/SB24013#ftl…

Have you wondered how cotton came to be that natural fibre we know and love? 🤔🧵❤️ Register for the #AACS Aus Cotton Res. Conf. & hear from Iowa State University's Jonathan F. Wendel on 'The fabric of a family tree' More speakers & conference registration here: shorturl.at/dzfHm

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Comparative population genomics of relictual Caribbean island Gossypium hirsutum biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Such an amazing story about meiosis in pentaploid roses... rdcu.be/esxPd