Maud Tenaillon (@maudtenaillon.bsky.social), Editor-in-Chief:

Laura A. Katz (@lauraakatz.bsky.social), Editor-in-Chief:

This week, we hit the mark of 3,000 followers on our Bluesky account! Thank you to the community of researchers who follow us! #genome #evolution #science #biology #societyjournal

We are proud to present the new logo of Genome Biology and Evolution! 🙌 Our new face reflects our continued commitment to serving the fields of genomics and evolutionary biology as a society journal belonging to @official-smbe.bsky.social #genome #evolution #science #biology #societyjournal

📢 Postdoc Opportunity – Université Paris-Saclay 🌾🧬💻 Reproductive isolation between crops and their wild relatives Candidates with PhD in evolutionary genomics & programming skills. 👉 Full description & how to apply: [https://moulon.inrae.fr/en/] #Postdoc #EvolutionaryGenomics #Speciation

@alanrice.ie et al. compared variation in expression of dosage-sensitive and nondosage-sensitive genes to investigate whether dosage-sensitive genes evade expression constraints through tissue-specific regulatory variation. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf132 #genome #evolution #genexpression

and, @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social ! My favorite part of this paper: the collaboration started after I sent Meng a biorxiv preprint from Stuart's lab.. She contacted him with questions about that work, and the collaboration grew from there.

@hansenlab.bsky.social et al. study the evolution of bacterial symbionts of Pariaconus psyllids in Hawaii, demonstrating that island biogeography and host plant ecology shape symbiont losses and codiversification patterns. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf153 #genome #evolution #symbiont

🆕 ✨ New publication out: Chromosomal Inversions Mediated by Tandem Insertions of Transposable Elements We find that transposable elements are the likely mechanism of (some) inversions in cod fishes! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

The August cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of Watanabe et al., who uncover the evolutionary history of the Hondo red fox, an endemic subspecies from the Japanese Archipelago. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf152 📷 Kazuki Shibata #genome #evolution #popgen

#PopGen New preprint of the team on the discovery of a very high rate of polymorphic duplication in a marine bivalve. Imagine looking at the distribution of the allelic coverage fraction at heterozygous calls in an indivdual and getting this distribution 👇 😱😱😱

🤝 Join us for the joint MBE/GBE Q&A session on July 23rd, at 13h00, during #SMBE2025. We will answer questions on our journals processes, outlooks, and why choosing MBE or @genomebiolevol.bsky.social as the journal for your next paper supports the growth of our evolutionary biology community.

Of course, at #SMBE2025 we have to follow the lions to find the cocktail hour...

If you are at #SMBE2025, go and listen to why you should publish your work in a #societyjournal! 👇 And don’t forget to submit to @jevbio.bsky.social. ;)

📢 Calling GBE authors attending #SMBE2025 🗣️ 📄 If you are going to the annual meeting in Beijing to present your GBE article in a talk or poster, please let us know in which symposium, and link below to the article you are presenting ⬇️ See you soon at #SMBE2025!

Elegant empirical validation of a theoretical expectation that changing your mutation bias allows you to access more beneficial mutations. From @deepaagashe.bsky.social & colleagues in @plosbiology.org

Our recent article on the genomics of sex determination in seahorse and pipefish - which made the July cover - is the focus of a new Highlight. Highlight: Footprints of Male Pregnancy and Sexual Selection in the Genomes of Seahorses and Pipefish 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf122 #genome #evolution

📢 SMBE is calling for nominations for Best Graduate Student Papers of 2024 These awards provide recognition for outstanding papers by a graduate student in @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social 🗳️ Vote until July 11 (8am EDT) ✉️ Check your email for more information

@ltgoncalves.bsky.social ‪@pedropezzi.bsky.social @mdepra.bsky.social @francosoe.bsky.social analyzed mitonuclear coevolution in 55 bumblebee species, finding strong evolutionary rate correlations between mitochondrial and nuclear-interacting genes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf123 #genome #bees

Only 10 days to go until #SMBE2025! 🚂 Are your travel arrangements finished? 👜 Are your bags packed? 🗣️ Is your talk ready? 🪧 Is your poster printed? 🗺️ Any sightseeing planned? Who here is coming to Beijing? 🙋 Let us know below if you're coming, and whether you're presenting your research ⬇️

Zeng et al. analyzed TE diversity in crustaceans, finding major genome size variation linked to TE content and evidence for two waves of TE expansion. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf115 #genome #evolution #TEsky #crustacea

The July cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of Dubin, @oliviaroth.bsky.social et al., who investigate sexual antagonism and sex determination in syngnathids with differences in how male pregnancy develops. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf103 📷 Olivia Roth #genome #evolution

I am delighted to share our latest review on the processes involved in disease control within varietal mixtures. To read the article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Interested in the evolution of molecular interactions ? We are recruiting a new PhD student with a background in proteomics to study the diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling plant self-incompatibility. --> details here : initiative-excellence.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...

In @elife.bsky.social: Effective population size does not explain long-term variation in genome size and transposable element content in animals doi.org/10.7554/eLif... This is the revised version of our manuscript, which will become the final published version !

To test whether alternative splicing contributes to adaptation, Rodríguez-Ramírez & Peichel analyzed gill RNA-seq data from marine and freshwater sticklebacks, and identified differentially spliced genes enriched in regions under divergent selection. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf105 #genome #RNAseq

Diverging Arabidopsis populations quickly accumulate pollen-acting genetic incompatibilities doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Christopher Condon et al.

Loss-of-function mutations cannot simply eliminate some paralogous genes. Duplicated genes encoding homomeric proteins interfere with each other, leading to negative selection on the paralogs, even if they are fully redundant. See our new findings here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

To US climate scientists I have received a call for interviews from a French journalist, who is writing for the French business daily Les Echos about the new daily life of researchers in the United States, the questions they ask themselves (change, leave or not). She can guarantee your anonymity.

Congratulations Detlef! An extremly well deserved award @plantevolution.bsky.social @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social

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No idea why I posted this 1st in French, but: we had a great day organised by the postdocs and grad students of 3 biology departments, on making our work and our departments more sustainable. :)

Super glad to see this out ! Lovely collaboration with @russcd.bsky.social @crouxevo.bsky.social and the groups of @meauxjuliette.bsky.social @plantadaptation.bsky.social

👀 Check our first paper on maize-bean intercropping! 🌽🫘 @ideevl.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @pulsesincrease.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @spsplantsciences.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

Je demande pour une amie (pour de vrai !) — Elle cherche : 🔅 Développeur•euse (fullstack idéalement) expérimenté•e 🔅 Basé•e dans le nord de l’Alsace 🔅 Intéressé•e à la transmission des savoirs Pour un poste d’enseignement (vacations pour le moment, donc compatible avec job freelance) dans un […]

@mirimerenciano.bsky.social @sianalarue.bsky.social et al. review recent discoveries showing that TE activation can be both a cause and a consequence of ageing, emphasizing the importance of studying these genomic elements. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf088 #genome #evolution #TEsky

Shao et al. investigate hybrid incompatibilities in Caenorhabditis species, finding that F1 female hybrids show dominant C. nigoni haplotype expression. Mitochondrial expression patterns suggest nuclear–cytoplasmic incompatibility. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf098 #genome #hybridization

Our recent article on transposable elements and aging - which made the June cover - is the focus of a new Highlight. "Highlight: 'Jumping Genes' Caught in an Aging Merry-Go-Round" 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf094 🖌️ Miriam Merenciano #genome #TEsky

May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…

Baldwin-Brown et al. confined pigeon lice to color-mismatched hosts for ca. 60 generations, and tracked genomic changes, revealing parallel phenotypic adaptation in color via largely non-overlapping loci. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf083 #genome #pigeon #lice

Chen @matthewherron.bsky.social et al. conducted experimental evolution of replicate populations of the single-celled green alga C. reinhardtii, showing that the evolutionary path to multicellularity depends on both stochastic and deterministic factors. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf090 #genome #cell

The June cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of @mirimerenciano.bsky.social @sianalarue.bsky.social et al., who explore the relationships between transposable elements and aging in a new Review article. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf088 🖌️ Merenciano et al. #genome #TEsky

@celineh2ooo.bsky.social and @stevensalzberg.bsky.social compared 3,493 vertebrate genomes to identify 342 gains of introns in human genes, tracing their origins and identifying cases of intronization as a mechanism of intron emergence. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf091 #genome #evolution #introns

Just had a no cost extension request denied with only 14 days before grant funds expire. If you've been waiting months to hear back don't assume it's just the government being slow to process things and everything will ultimately work out.

Interested in gene expression, machine learning, natural selection, and evolution? My former student, Georgia Henry just published a paper that may interest you. Her goal: understand how natural selection acts on the transcriptome, within a single generation experiment, *in the field*.

The May cover of Genome Biology and Evolution features the work of Romero & de Souza, who compared the genomes of lizards and the tuatara to study the evolution of non-visual opsin genes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf058 🖌️ Eugenia Amado #genome #opsins #vision #lizards #evolution

How do plants from different environments handle temperature extremes? Andrew et al. studied 20 Australian species and found conserved gene expression responses to heat and cold (with biome-specific differences). 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... #NewPaperAlert #plants #stress

She’s telling the crowd about how our students lost their visas 💯

Yes!!! Needhi knew what I was talking about!

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