A productive month for the lab — between new preprints and papers! Monoaminergic neurons evo and devo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Opsin evolution in plankton academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... Mosquito Cell Atlas (small contrib.) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Thrilled to share our new paper in Genome Biology & Evolution! 🌊 We discovered an ocean of opsins in marine zooplankton — unveiling how these animals evolved to sense light across the world’s seas. 🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... #MarineBiology #Evolution

Jalinsky et al. present a high-quality genome assembly for the New Zealand snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum, revealing a whole-genome duplication and evidence for rediploidization. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf192 #genome #evolution #WGD

Nice highlight of new genome paper. ❤️ emphasis on leadership of ECR Potamomics team members @kylemcelroy.bsky.social @chelseahiggins.bsky.social @jsharbro.bsky.social Genome Duplication in a New Zealand Snail Holds Clues for the Persistence of (A)sexual Reproduction: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Extremely cool to see very different systems potentially point to similar genetic constraints or developmental biases leading to morphological variation. Now we need a fish example!

Look at those tail crescendos!! Another amazing example of disproportionate elongation of mid-tail vertebrae, and they note it is distal to the more functionally-constrained proximal tail.

@sderkarabetian.bsky.social et al. developed a metazoan ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set, providing a resource for multiple research groups working on vastly different animal lineages. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193 #genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics

Join #MVIF 43 cassyni.com/s/mvif-43 and #MeetTheSpeakers 🇸🇪 Eran Elhaik will present the Microbiome Geographic Population Structure (mGPS): A Powerful Tool for Microbial Forensics! Check out the paper: academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Accompanying, you will find also our review in GBE on the methods used in de novo evolved gene studies and their current limitations. academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Bernabeu, @microbiobits.bsky.social and @tonigabaldon.bsky.social use simulations to test for the robustness of inferred relative timings of gene transfers in the lineage leading to the ancestor of eukaryotes 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf190 #genome #evolution

DNA sequences of plastid origin (NUPTs) occur in plant nuclear genomes in varying amounts. Marczuk-Rojas et al. surveyed plastid and nuclear genomes of 30 angiosperms, revealing unexpected complexity in the mechanisms originating NUPTs. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf194 #genome #evolution #PlantSky

The November cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features @raularayadonoso.bsky.social @kenrokusumi.bsky.social @anthonygeneva.bsky.social et al., who studied how structural rearrangements and selection promote phenotypic evolution in Anolis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf196 #genome #evolution

Yıldız et al. used RNAseq data from five animal species to support the hypothesis that ageing in metazoan tissues is shaped by the mutation accumulation process. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf187 #genome #evolution #ageing

@guyleonard.bsky.social et al. report a near-complete genome and transcriptome sequence dataset for green algae host Paramecium bursaria, an endosymbiotic model system. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf183 #genome #evolution

Online today! De Novo Genome Sequence Assembly of the RNAi-Tractable Paramecium bursaria 186b: An Endosymbiotic Model System academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

New Charlesworth & Charlesworth just dropped!!! 🧪🧬 HJ Muller and the relationship between sex chromosome degeneration and the evolution of dosage compensation url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

I'm thrilled to be selected and grateful to be able to contribute to our community @official-smbe.bsky.social Looking forward to new connections and future initiatives! @official-smbe.bsky.social @molbioevol.bsky.social @genomebiolevol.bsky.social

Thank you for this opportunity and I'm excited to learn and actively contribute to science communication as a writing fellow at @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social Congrats to the other fellows @haorancai.bsky.social and Shady Kuster, looking forward to working together!

We are excited to welcome our three new SMBE Fellows! Ioanna Kotari, Shady Kuster, and Haoran Cai will join @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social as writing fellows. Keep an eye on our next Highlight articles in MBE and GBE! #society #scicomm #evobio #molbio #genome #evolution

S. Braichenko, @ruiborges23.bsky.social and C. Kosiol publish a new GBE Perspective on the potential applications of deep learning approaches in phylogenetics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf177 #genome #evolution #phylogenetics

We also teamed up with @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social @marakat.bsky.social at NHM London and Sanger Institute to sequence genomes of London mosquito specimens from 1940-80s – around the time when the London Tube mosquitoes were discovered. (9/) academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Our hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) genome note is out! @bryanbrunet.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

@bryanbrunet.bsky.social @nphavill.bsky.social et al. present the genome of the hemlock woolly adelgid, one of eastern North America's most destructive and invasive forest pests. The 216 Mbp genome is highly complete (97.7% BUSCO). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf170 #genome #evolution

Human antiviral APOBEC3s are crucial components of the innate immune response. Fujito et al. identified three distinct haplogroups in both African and non-African populations, which are maintained through balancing selection. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf186 #genome #evolution

Stewart et al. assembled a reference genome for Armillaria mexicana, a basidiomycete fungus described for the first time in 2018 from Mexico, with an assembled size of 49 Mb (contig N50 = 3 Mb) and 95.6% completeness (BUSCO). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf185 #genome #evolution #fungi

@notothentoma.bsky.social @arcolon14.bsky.social & @jpostlethwait.bsky.social show how Antarctic white-blooded icefishes, the only vertebrates without hemoglobin, independently lost hemoglobin cluster genes, driven by TEs and repeats. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf184 #genome #evolution #TEsky

Krishnaswamy & Seshasayee studied the evolution of transcription factors using the cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP)/regulator of fumarate and nitrate reductase (FNR) family in 6,000 prokaryotic genomes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf182 #genome #evolution

Phylogeny-aware simulations suggest a low impact of unsampled lineages in the inference of gene flow during eukaryogenesis Excellent paper from @tonigabaldon.bsky.social and @microbiobits.bsky.social and Moisès Bernabeu. academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

New in the #StructuralPhylogenetics special section: Dixson et al. show that structural and physicochemical features of proteins uncover remote evolutionary relationships and provide a new toolset to revisit mitochondrial enzyme evolution. @genomebiolevol.bsky.social

The recent GBE article on temporal genomics in Ethiopian Highland birds by @jdmanthey.bsky.social et al. is the focus of November issue's Highlight. Highlight: A Century of Genomic Data Preserved in Museums Illuminates Bird Conservation in Ethiopia 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf175 #genome #evolution

academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... 🦷🦷 #TEETH 🥛🥛 #MILK 💧💧 #SALIVA❗️

The GBE Best Student Paper award of 2024 goes to Laura C. Fricke (winner) and Jiachen Li (runner-up). 👏 Congratulations Laura and Jiachen for this recognition of your amazing work! Check below for details on their research ⬇️

Dixson et al. studied the evolutionary history of Cytochrome P450s to demonstrate that physicochemical and structural methods can be used together for the mapping of remotely homologous relationships. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf178 #genome #evolution

Dahms et al. assembled the first genome of the endangered grey reef shark using long-read PacBio HiFi and Omni-C sequencing to reach chromosome-level contiguity (36 pseudochromosomes; 2.9 Gbp) and high completeness (94% complete BUSCOs). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf176 #genome #evolution

"Global environmental factors impact the evolution of adult hemoglobins in squamata reptiles (lizards and snakes) and terrestrial turtles" New paper by the super talented Juan D Carvajal-Castro et al.! 🐍🦎🐢 #CienciaCriolla 🌎🧪 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

Lefoulon, @symbionticism.bsky.social et al. analyzed 32 Wolbachia genomes to study the evolution of the wmk male killing gene across different arthropod hosts. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf179 #genome #evolution #wolbachia

@jdmanthey.bsky.social et al. used genome data from contemporary and historical samples of 8 Ethiopian Highlands bird species, revealing idiosyncratic shifts in genetic structure and diversity after 100 years of environmental change. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf163 #genome #evolution #naturalhistory

Liu, Liu & Hu retrieved 2,102 mtDNA sequences of 80 Carnivora species from public databases, uncovering several hidden issues that may compromise evolutionary and genetic inferences. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf174 #genome #evolution #mtdna

Our paper on the temporal genomics of Ethiopian birds has been highlighted (and gotten the cover) in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social Article: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf163 Highlight: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf175 w/ @bourgeoisyann.bsky.social, @lcampillo.bsky.social, and others not on bsky

Mordier, @antoinemolaro.bsky.social et al. applied phylogenomic approaches to characterize the evolutionary trajectories and selective forces shaping mammalian Schlafen genes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf172 #genome #evolution

Rychel et al. reveal that optimal coordination of stress responses and metabolism can be achieved with a small number of regulatory mutations, and may suggest a new role for large protein export systems. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf171 #genome #evolution #ecoli

Nagashima et al. investigated the evolutionary history of paralogs of Aqp10 - a member of the aquaglyceriporin family, which transports small, uncharged solutes - in anguillid eels. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf169 #genome #evolution

New publication: "Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Structural Variants, and Short Tandem Repeats Capture Distinct Signals of Adaptive Divergence in the #Atlantic #Puffin" with O. Kersten, B. Star, K. Jakobsen and S. Boessenkool from @biovitenskap.bsky.social Published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social

Schall & @jeffreymkidd.bsky.social characterized structural variation in dogs using a combination of long- and short-read data and genome assemblies. Several SVs have frequency profiles across breeds consistent with selection. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf173 #genome #evolution #TEsky

The October cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of @jdmanthey.bsky.social et al., who evaluated changes in genetic diversity of Ethiopian birds using genome data from contemporary and historical samples. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf163 #genome #evolution #birds

🧬🔬 New from @symbionticism.bsky.social Lab: The male-killing gene wmk in Wolbachia shows 5 phylogenetic Types across 32 genomes. Lepidoptera have more copies & diversity than Drosophila (Types I & III). Expression levels shape male-biased lethality. Read → academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...

Weng et al. examined 431 genomes of butterflies and related lineages, revealing that horizontal transfer of digestion and detoxification genes facilitated the evolution of herbivory, enabling butterflies to co-evolve with angiosperm hosts. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf156 #genome #evolution #HGTsky

Article alert! Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Structural Variants, and Short Tandem Repeats Capture Distinct Signals of Adaptive Divergence in the Atlantic Puffin url: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

What have 🦷🦷 #TEETH 🦷🦷, 🥛 #MILK 🥛, and💧💧 #SALIVA 💧💧to do with each other? Ask PetarPajic, Luane Landau, and Omer Gokcumen @gokcumenlab.bsky.social ❗️ academic.oup.com/gbe/article-...

Special Section in GBE: Structural Phylogenetics Here we showcase novel work on how 3D protein structures can reshape evolutionary biology, from methods to applications. More papers coming out soon! @genomebiolevol.bsky.social @proteinmechanic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/gbe/search-r...