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Evolutionary Ecologist, Indiana University
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Why Cross-Fertilize? The first volume of my OPUS project on sex/asex is now out. Beautifully illustrated by Zoe Dinges. Made freely accessible as pdf, url, and ePub by Adam Mazel at IU Press. Designed especially for educators and graduate students, covering key concepts in evolutionary ecology.
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Emília Santos
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🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our
@erc.europa.eu
funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Technician:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
ALT: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
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Megan Frederickson
2 days ago
Come work with me! We are hiring a Research Program & Operations Coordinator to administer a new CREATE training program and support other EEB initiatives at U of T. Please circulate to great people in Toronto looking for an academic admin position:
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Research Program & Operations Coordinator
Research Program & Operations Coordinator
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Research-Program-&-Operations-Coordinator-ON/604230817/
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Tim Janicke
3 days ago
In a new
#Viewpoint
we argue that the binary definition of
#BiologicalSex
based on gamete size is a scientifically robust framework that is entirely compatible with the diversity of sexual phenotypes and human gender identities.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Biological Sex Is Binary and Rooted in Anisogamy
Drawing on empirical evidence and evolutionary theory, we argue that biological sex is most coherently defined as a binary classification of reproductive strategies rooted in anisogamy (the productio....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.70426
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Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
5 days ago
CFA: Apply by November 1st! Wiko Early Career Call for fellowships 2027/2028 in the
#NaturalSciences
and
#LifeSciences
. Gain time to think during a 3–5 month
#fellowship
at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin – Institute for Advanced Study:
www.wiko-berlin.de/en/becoming-...
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Asher Cutter
19 days ago
Come to EEB! U. Toronto Schmidt AI in Science Postdoc Fellowship in natural sciences, $85k/yr (2 yrs). Experience with AI not a requirement, but must have desire to learn new AI methodologies to accelerate discoveries in their domain.
schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca/apply/
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Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center
21 days ago
We are pleased to announce a major donation to support the work of the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. Lawerence Washington, husband of former BDSC director Kathy Matthews, has established an endowment in her honor.
bdsc.indiana.edu/news-events/...
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Dr. Kara M. Million
26 days ago
JOB OPPORTUNITY: UNA Biology needs a new Lab Boss!! Do you like teaching biology and running labs? Do you have a Masters degree or higher? Do you want to live in a cute little college town on a massive biodiversity hotspot in the southeastern US? This is the job for you! Apply today!!
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Non-Tenure-Track, Lecturer in Biology
The University of North Alabama is accepting applications for the position of Non-Tenure-Track, Lecturer in Biology to begin in August 2026. The successful candidate will primarily teach majors and ...
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/una/jobs/5380175/non-tenure-track-lecturer-in-biology
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/me &
@geocron.bsky.social
on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) & interested email CV & transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️
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Parul Johri
about 1 month ago
We are actively searching for a postdoc to join the lab! Details provided here -
johrilab.org/join
Please share. I will be at PEQG and will be happy to chat if you're interested!
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Lynda Delph
about 2 months ago
The Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has a super creative special exhibit of coral reefs, created by crochet and knitting. Follows a progression from healthy (colored yarn), to bleached (plastic bags), to dead. Powerful!
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Britt Koskella
about 2 months ago
Please share widely! Abstract submissions open for the 2026 Jacques Monod conference: Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world! Held in beautiful Roscoff France from November 2- 6, 2026. Abstracts submission deadline : June 6
cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conferenc...
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Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions in a changing world | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conference/ecology-and-evolution-host-parasite-interactions-changing-world
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Society for the Study of Evolution
about 2 months ago
Want to support graduate students in uncertain times? Consider donating to our Graduate Research Excellence Grants program, which provides research funds – and a vote of confidence – for students in evolutionary biology.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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Donate to Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!, organized by SSE Communications
The Graduate Research Excellence Grants are awarded by the So… SSE Communications needs your support for Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-students-on-their-scientific-research-journey
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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute
2 months ago
The Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute at
@ucdavis.bsky.social
is announcing a new Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity! Priority review starts June 15, 2026. Help us spread the word to the
#MarineScience
community. Details and Apply ➡️:
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07627
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Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute (CMSI) Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07627
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Michael Brockhurst
2 months ago
Less than 1 week to apply for this postdoc! If you want to find out more about the project have a look at our recent preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#mevosky
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Dorota Paczesniak
2 months ago
How is fertilisation different between flowering plants🌺 and naked-seed plants, like conifers🌳? This illustration has been commissioned by
@pyhatanja.bsky.social
and Robert Kesälahti and is now freely available on Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY 4.0 licence Link:
bit.ly/4w9pyhq
🧪
#SciArt
#EduSky
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Michael Brockhurst
2 months ago
Join us!
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
postdoc position using experimental evolution to understand real-world resistance dynamics. See preprint for the 🤯 strain collection we will be working with
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Closing 15 May. Apply:
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
#mevosky
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Awesome! Hearty congratulations, Jay
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Deanna Soper
6 months ago
I have the privilege of being the external member of a search committee for our art department! We are looking for a sculptor who specializes in woodworking or carving, stone carving, metal fabrication, resins, rubbers, or other casting techniques. See:
www.instagram.com/p/DTfrAlhDeD...
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udallas.art on Instagram: "[Update] Extended Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026 | Link in Bio | The Art Department at the University of Dallas is hiring an Affiliate Prof…"
[Update] Extended Deadline: Feb. 1, 2026 | Link in Bio | The Art Department at the University of Dallas is hiring an Affiliate Professor of Sculpture, starting August 2026. Please help spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTfrAlhDeDc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
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Dr. Wen-Juan Ma | 马文娟
8 months ago
Excited that our new collaborative work on Amazonian frogs with giant meiotic chains of 8–12 😲
#SexChromosomes
now is out in
@commsbio.nature.com
! 🐸🧬 Investigating the evolution of large meiotic rings of multiple X and Y chromosomes in two Leptodactylus species 🔗
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Sam Scarpino
8 months ago
We're searching for a tenure-track prof in health & tech at our Charlotte, NC campus! Successful candidates will join
@nubouve.bsky.social
, w/ cross-disciplinary appointments and membership in
@nunetsi.bsky.social
& Experiential AI encouraged.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Open Rank Tenure Track Professor in Technology and Health
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity Northeastern University invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in technology and health, beginning in the academic year 2026-27. This posit...
https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Charlotte%2C-NC/Open-Rank-Tenure-Track-Professor-in-Technology-and-Health_R136998
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Judith Mank
8 months ago
Team fish - we need your help! We are trying to build a database of all the fish chromosome-scale genomes where sex chromosomes have been identified. Have you build one or some? Do you know someone who has? Can you post the link in the comments? Please spread the word and repost! Thank you!
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I am halfway through Metamorphosis. It is a fantastic book! Lots of interesting history told in a very engaging way.
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Joel Sharbrough
8 months ago
I am looking for a PhD student to start in my lab at UCSB in Fall 2026, studying evolutionary biology. See attached flyer for more information. Please also share with potentially interested students. Thanks!
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Joanne P Webster
8 months ago
Very proud to share Poppy's first research paper: “Hard to Make and Hard to Take.” examining the imperative need for - but challenges against - the development of vaccines for the Neglected Tropical Diseases.
lnkd.in/dPn_DEwi
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Hard to make and hard to take: Exploring the current and future barriers to the development and implementation of antipoverty vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) encompass 20 conditions or groups of diseases that affect almost exclusively the rural poor in low- and middle-inco…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065308X25000338?dgcid=author
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Parul Johri
9 months ago
The Johri Lab has an open postdoc position. Please send me an email, if interested. Start date is flexible. Please do share! Thank you in advance.
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Ben Hopkins
9 months ago
The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit
tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz
or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
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Dorota Paczesniak
9 months ago
You can see more of my visual design projects in the online portfolio
www.behance.net/dorotdesigns
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Leonie Moyle
9 months ago
Great new postdoc fellowship for foundational plant research. If you’re into genetics and genomics of plant reproductive evolution or adaptive convergence (incl in the cool and charismatic nightshades!) I’d be happy to talk about possible projects!
www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology/
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Joanne P Webster
9 months ago
Delighted to share our systematic review revealing significant associations between child protozoan infections and stunting, esp Cryptosporidium spp. & Giardia spp., although data on the impact of maternal infections were lacking and mixed.
eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Ben Ashby
10 months ago
Join us at SFU for a 2-year Mekler Postdoctoral Fellowship in mathematical biology to work with me and Ailene MacPherson. Apply at
www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...
by Nov 15.
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MathJobs from the the American Mathematical Society
Mathjobs is an automated job application system sponsored by the AMS.
https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27059
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EvolDir
10 months ago
Indiana University offers 2 NIH traineeships in reproductive diversity, focusing on sexual reproduction and development across species. PhD in relevant fields required. More info:
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/tkwkKtadrUm6rFCBMUaEnw/project-details/11137703
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RePORT ⟩ RePORTER
RePORT ⟩ RePORTER
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/tkwkKtadrUm6rFCBMUaEnw/project-details/11137703
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Ashleigh Griffin
10 months ago
Join us in our swanky new pad...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-a...
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We are hiring! Oxford biology has three associate professorships available as we move to new state-of-the-art facilities
https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/we-are-hiring
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Dan Sloan
10 months ago
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
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Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165524
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David Lowry
10 months ago
Super excited about this new Open Rank tenure-track faculty search for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. We successfully hired two excellent new faculty in our last search and we are hoping to build on that success with this search.
careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...
https://careers.msu.edu/jobs/assistant-associate-full-professor-tenure-system-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-7b2f3962-aab0-432f-b689-d44e35a8813b
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P. David Polly
10 months ago
@ellecordova.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w...
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For our scientists
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
https://youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w6W5B-E?si=mpeoDQsN_PCiqrMz
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Dr. Jessica L Ware
10 months ago
Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information :
careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
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Curatorial Associate
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
https://careers.amnh.org/postings/4529
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Andrea Case
11 months ago
Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or
@emjo.bsky.social
with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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Curtis Suttle
over 2 years ago
Please share: @UBCScience is searching for 15 TT faculty in diverse areas of expertise
science.ubc.ca/about/careers
. Included are 2 positions in Quantitative and Environmental Science as part of a hiring cluster for black faculty; you will join 6 current UBC faculty
science.ubc.ca/blackscholars
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Chris Smith
11 months ago
Hello bluesky community! I'm hiring a postdoc to do machine learning in population genetics. Starting to build up a lab at Indiana University Bloomington where I just started a faculty position. Apply with the below link:
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The department of Biology is a large, unified department with strong undergraduate degrees, nationally-ranked graduate programs, and world-class research spanning the breadth of biological questions a...
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30325
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Lynda Delph
11 months ago
Just finished helping out with the Evolution workshop at Mountain Lake Biological Station with an amazing team - Amanda Gibson (our leader),
@corlettwood.bsky.social
, and
@clively.bsky.social
, and me. Our 15 workshop attendees were terrific. It was so much fun. It will be offered again next year.
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Joel Sharbrough
about 1 year ago
Please RT! I'm hiring a postdoc to work in my new lab at UCSB (!) on an NSF-funded project investigating the phenotypic consequences of WGD for photosynthesis and respiration. Check out the full posting here:
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02986
And more info about the lab here:
sharbroughlab.com
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about 1 year ago
Just a few spots left in our graduate evolution workshop @mlbs-uva.bsky.social! Join me,
@clively.bsky.social
,
@ldelph.bsky.social
, and
@corlettwood.bsky.social
from Jul 27-Aug 2 for a week of evolutionary thinking, science writing, and time outdoors!
mlbs.virginia.edu/evolutionary...
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Thorsten Reusch
about 1 year ago
Junior faculty job alert in Germany - Marine Evolutionary Genomics
@geomarkiel.bsky.social
/ University of Kiel
www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Marine study system of your choice (no microbes, sorry…), excellent infrastructure and ship access, moderate teaching requirements, closing date 6 June
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Britt Koskella
over 1 year ago
Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated undergrads interested in a full year, paid postbac research position in microbiome sciences? Have them join our zoom Q&A session on Friday, April 11, 11:30am-12:30pm PST. More info here:
sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
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Bay Area RaMP - 2025-26 Cohort
2025-2026 Cohort
https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/rampmicrobiomes/2025-26-cohort#h.jfykfo6tczj
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over 1 year ago
Excited to announce my new paper showing that costs of resistance can explain the maintenance of juvenile susceptibility! Congratulations to all the authors! Publication:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Press release:
samslowinski.weebly.com/uploads/8/3/...
#UMD
#UNE
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2419192122
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Josef Uyeda
over 1 year ago
Please share this opportunity widely! Instructors:
@fmachado.bsky.social
@alencarlrv.bsky.social
@joelmcglothlin.bsky.social
Jacqueline Sztepanacz, Patrick Carter & Joe Felsenstein (virtually)
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“Celebrate and share good news” Agree. Good science is a good news.
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Lynda Delph
over 1 year ago
Years of work by a tremendous group, lead by Gabriel Marais.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Maurine Neiman
over 1 year ago
Genome sizes can be tremendously variable even within species, though genome size estimates often come from just one individual. Check out our new preprint for fun new data on extensive genome-size variation in an adorable New Zealand snail 🐌 ❤️🧬.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Characterization of nuclear genome size and variation in a freshwater snail model system featuring a recent whole-genome duplication
Species are defined by unique nuclear genome characteristics like nucleotide composition, genomic structure, and genome size. These fundamental aspects of the nuclear genome can themselves be the obje...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.23.634510v1
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Heather Hendrickson
over 1 year ago
Application review for the 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology begins on Jan 20. Maximize your chance of acceptance and $ support by submitting your application with a poster abstract before that date! Details:
www.grc.org/microbial-po...
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