Our new pre-print (with @erichagen.bsky.social, @latinorchidbot.bsky.social, @jameswclark.bsky.social , Elizabeth Forward and Nick Priest) reveals rapid pollinator evolution in orchids, but no clear impact on diversification. Perhaps pollinator specialisation is not such a powerful force. 🐝🌱

The recording of last week's #PolyploidyWebinar featuring @raymondcast.bsky.social and @erichagen.bsky.social is now up! youtu.be/zmUyTO3jN6s

Join us on Wednesday, April 2 at 11 AM Pacific Time for the next #PolyploidyWebinar! The last webinar of the 24-25 season will feature @raymondcast.bsky.social and @erichagen.bsky.social! Sign up (if not already!) to get the zoom: www.barkerlab.net/polyweb

It's here and ahead-of-print at @asn-amnat.bsky.social ! 🎉 Our 22-page polyploid coexistence model is now available: doi.org/10.1086/734411 This work wouldn’t be possible without NSF support—including funding from an NSF GRFP, an NSF PRFB, and NSF DMS & DBI grants. @soltislab.bsky.social l

🚨New #phylo paper alert!🚨 🌲+🔥= speciation? This one has been a bit of a journey, but thanks to lead author Dan Turck's expertise on #conifers it has turned out as quite the treasure-trove of conifer evolution! (reading-access link on my website)

🌱 From the upcoming #AJB #Polyploidy special issue 🌱 Investigating historical drivers of latitudinal gradients in #polyploid plant #biogeography: A multiclade perspective By Eric Hagen, Thais Vasconcelos, James Boyko & Jeremy Beaulieu doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #Solanaceae

Revisiting fast-slow diversification rates with Rosana Zenil-Ferguson besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... published @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social Plea to present uncertainty estimate and sources! and a tribute to GG Simpson

I wrote this about finding the optimal discrete character model structure. I hope this will be useful for empiricists. The main point is that relying only on the package default models is bad and can have nasty consequences or parameter estimates and ASR. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hello Bluesky. Please enjoy my favorite nature documentary: youtu.be/4b35nYXVNKI?...