With rapid environmental shifts, preserving locally adapted populations is critical. New study maps genomic regions associated with climatic factors in leopard frog (Rana pipiens). This may help us understand if these frogs can keep up with changing climate doi.org/10.1111/eva.70298

Captive breeding is an important conservation tool, but it comes with hidden risks. A new study on the critically endangered White-winged Wood Duck reveals that inbreeding in captivity accelerates deadly avian tuberculosis susceptibility 🧬🦆 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70286

And here's the link to the study! doi.org/10.1111/eva.70267

Human activities reshape species trait distributions and phylogenetic diversity, erode genetic diversity, accelerate extinctions. Evolutionary Footprint is a new scoring system to identify, quantify and compare impacts across taxa, drivers, and timescales, important to link evolution to conservation

🦆🌿 This year's NZ Garden Bird Survey runs until Sunday - there's still time to take part! 📝 If you have a spare hour, count the birds where you are and help help build a clear picture of changes in our backyards. gardenbirdsurvey.nz/take-part/ #CitizenScience #BioeconomyScience

This SI seeks empirical and theoretical advances on: 🕰️ Epigenetic clocks (age prediction) 🌱 Trait biomarkers (growth, phenology) ⚠️ Stress & pollution indicators 🔩 Implementation of biomarkers into assessments, monitoring and conservation strategies 🧵 (3/4)

This SI is about turning research into action. We welcome studies that provide clear roadmaps for integrating epigenetics into management and conservation strategies 🌳🧬 📅 Deadline: 28 February 2027 🔍 Check the link below for more details, and reach out if you have any questions! 🧵 (4/4)

🚨 Call for papers! 🚨 Join our Special Issue on the advances on epigenetic biomarkers and their emerging applications in ecology and evolution! Guest editors: @jessicap-bio.bsky.social @irissammarco.bsky.social @drclrichards.bsky.social @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social and more! 🧵 (1/4)

Study shows size-selective harvesting pushes guppies to evolve faster life histories (earlier maturation, higher fecundity). This was done over 10 years, using 14+ traits. This hints at anthropogenic stressors that affect large individuals in nature more than small ones 🐟 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70253

Genomics Aotearoa (postdoctoral) Fellowships -- closing date is 17 June 2026: www.genomics-aotearoa.org.nz/about/fellow...

🎉 Big news! Our WG4's first meeting report is now published in Evolutionary Applications! A milestone for our working group, check it out 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LepEU #10KLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera

Our paper on #Chornobyl dark frogs, published @evolappjournal.bsky.social in 2022, just passed @altmetric.com score 1900. Four years later, and still gets noticed by all kinds of media, everywhere... The paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Hong Kong’s introduced population of critically endangered yellow-crested cockatoos (~200 birds) shows very healthy genetics, avoiding inbreeding & low diversity. Maybe these city parrots serve as a genetic reservoir for the native range 🦜🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva....

Can genomic offsets help future-proof selective breeding? In this @evolappjournal.bsky.social perspective, we present a practical roadmap for translating evolutionary genomics into climate-resilient agriculture and aquaculture. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Four current special issues and calls for papers related to cancer evolution/ecology and mathematical oncology (details also in the alt text for you to copy and search)

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at [email protected] 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

🧬 Don't miss the next STRiVE Seminar! Aurora Ruiz-Herrera (UAB) presents: "Structural variation through the lens of the 3D genome". 🗓️ Wed, June 3 | 3pm CEST / 9am EDT ✉️ Zoom link via mailing list: groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscr... ℹ️ Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/about/

Great to see this study by @sam-deakin.bsky.social and Anita Michalak published in Evolutionary Applications. Using genomic data from >750 caribou and hierarchical structure analyses, we show that genetic clusters do not align with current conservation units in western Canada doi.org/10.1111/eva....

This unarmored trait that made this population “Special Concern” under Canadian law nearly disappeared after a demographic bottleneck. They show how conservation isn’t just about preventing extinction, but also about protecting what makes a population unique 🐟🧬

Sarah's study shows how pops. of conservation concern are often unique & specialized, but also vulnerable. The authors showed how a severe drought caused a dramatic shift in unarmoured stickleback in Rouge Lake (Haida Gwaii: before drought, 51% were unarmoured; after, only 13% 🐟

I feel very honoured to receive this award. Louis Bernatchez’s work has been really influential for me, so this means a lot. Huge thanks to @lucaseckert.bsky.social, @ecoevoevoeco.bsky.social, Rowan Barrett, and Tom Reimchen!

Congrats @sarahsanderson.bsky.social for receiving the Louis Bernatchez Memorial Prize for the best student-led paper in @evolappjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Louis Bernatchez was a visionary scientist and a fantastic colleague. I miss him. @csee-scee.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce Sarah Sanderson (McGill University) as the winner of the 2025 Louis Bernatchez Memorial Prize for the best student-led paper in Evolutionary Applications! Congratulations, @sarahsanderson.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

🧬 Next STRiVE Seminar! Aurora Ruiz-Herrera (UAB) presents: "Structural variation through the lens of the 3D genome". 🗓️ Wed, June 3 | 3pm CEST / 9am EDT ✉️ Zoom link via mailing list: groupes.renater.fr/sympa/subscr... ℹ️ Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/about/

Are parasites capable of evolving quickly to meet the new pressures of the Anthropocene? Find out more in our new paper ⬇️

New review shows that black soldier flies don't mate like other insects. They show protandry, lek-like behavior, complex female sperm storage organs, and a hybrid breeding strategy. An emerging model bridging evolutionary biology and insect biotechnology 🪰🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70249

Ever wondered what mapping your species to a different #genome will do to #GeneticIndicators? Wonder no more! For his first PhD paper, Ndou et al show that using non-specific genomes results in different demographic histories in an endangered marine fish! 🐠🧪🐟🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Parasites are evolving fast in the Anthropocene. Drug resistance is well known, but other rapid trait changes often go unnoticed. This warning piece summarizes research and calls for more studies to track, slow, and mitigate rapid parasite evolution 🦠🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70244

Here's a list of confirmed keynote speakers: ✨ Loren Rieseberg (Molecular Ecology) ✨ Maren Wellenreuther (Evolutionary Applications, @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social) ✨ Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos ✨ Suhua Shi ✨ Jianquan Liu ✨ Yalong Guo See you in Chengdu! 🧬🇨🇳

Dr. Arunkumar Ramesh's work examines the molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation and their evolution in plants. His study systems include Arabidopsis, Capsella & wheat, rice, and sunflower crops, translating insights from tractable models to species with large and complex genomes

The EVA team got bigger 🤩 We have 2 new Associate Editors joining the team: Dr. Sishuo Wang (left, @sishuowang.bsky.social) and Dr. Arunkumar Ramesh (right)! Let's give them our warmest welcome! 🎉🎉

Pain sensitivity in women is shaped by evolutionary trade-offs between reproduction and survival, driven by early menarche, low testosterone, and high leptin. Check this evolutionary-medical lens for understanding and reducing female-biased pain 🙆‍♀️🧬 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70228

Invasive rodents are a threat, especially in islands. Toxic baits work, but not everywhere. Study shows new genetic biocontrol tools that could help in the critical "last mile" of eradication. The 'Gravid Lethal' approach eradicated house mice in <2.3 years 🐀 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70238

Looking forward to kicking off the seminar series of our special topic network on structural variants #SV in evolutionary biology. @eseb.bsky.social Join us in listening to Pr. Rieseberg on April 29

🧬 Join the STRiVE kick-off conference (TiBE-STRiVE) July 8-10, 2026, near Porto! Abstracts & Registration are now open to EVERYONE. 🔹 Abstracts due: Apr 15 🔹 Registration closes: Apr 30 Info: structuralvariantsstn.github.io/porto_about/ #Evolution #Genomics #Biology

New Science Advances paper: 60 years of change across European plant communities reveals a widespread shift toward denser vegetation, with increasing shade tolerance across habitats. Proud to co-author this important work🍃 #ecology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists built a DNA methylation clock for Asian elephants with 96% accuracy of age prediction, associating aging to genes for neurogenesis, oxytocin, and metabolism. This can be linked to-life history traits. Great tool for conservation and evolutionary biology 🐘⏰ doi.org/10.1111/eva.70236

To be fair this is a photograph of my actual doctor.

Our global meta-analysis of changes in genetic diversity across the entire tree of life indicates pervasive loss of intraspecific diversity, but there is a glimmer of hope: conservation actions and management interventions can indeed make a difference. 👇

‼️ Our anglerfish research is now featured in @ScienceMagazine! 🐟🎣 "Why do anglerfish have glowing lures? It might be sex" Check it out here! 🧪🌊🐟🦇 www.science.org/content/arti...

Preprint alert on the Scandinavian #wolf population and its conservation status. Populations are considered genetically safe if their genetically effective size exceeds 500. That's not a countable number, it reflects how fast the population loses heterozygosity and suffers from inbreeding. 1/ 🦊

A study of Arkansas Darter fish reveals stark genetic differences across populations but little inbreeding or harmful mutations. Key donor/recipient sites were identified for assisted migration, which can boost genetic diversity and help pop. persistence 🐟 doi.org/10.1111/eva.70088

Soil properties – water availability and pH – are strongly associated to the spatial distribution of two hybridizing and sympatric oak species (Quercus spp) at local stand scale. w/@felix-zimmermann.bsky.social, @christian-rellstab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/eva.70076

In a mixed stand, Quercus petraea and Q. pubescens (oaks) sort by soil & hybrids are not ecologically intermediate. Observational, so space and env aren't disentangled, but imp't for understanding ecological sorting. @christian-rellstab.bsky.social et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Genome of Kumamoto Oyster Crassostrea sikamea Provides Insights Into Bivalve Evolution and Environmental Adaptation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40290373/

Really excited to share this paper! We show that the threat of genetic erosion doesn’t just come down to diversity, genetic load, population size, or even inbreeding— it has to do with the evolutionary context in which those patterns arise and contemporary demographic changes doi.org/10.1111/eva....

#Chinook #salmon found naturally hatching in Upper Klamath River for first time in a century - OPB share.google/rMPojsAP27r2...

Out today is our paper 'Genomic history of early dogs in Europe', in which we uncover the identity of the dogs that lived in Europe before agriculture—during the Paleolithic & Mesolithic periods: doi.org/10.1038/s415.... A thread ⬇️ (10) @biouea.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social

The northern white rhino is effectively extinct. Can a healthy pop be restored from cryopreserved cells of only 12 inds? @arynwilder.bsky.social et al. show how restoration from biobanked cells eases constraints of a limited founder pool to enable recovery 🦏 📸 San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

It’s always been a mystery to me how the genetic diversity and composition of the Scandinavian brown bear originated 🤔 Today, we publish a new paper that sheds new light on this, and a real-time example of how mito-nuclear discordances can evolve during severe bottlenecks: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...