🤯 Evo 2, a model trained on 9 trillion DNA letters from curated genomic atlas across all domains of life “learns to accurately predict functional impact of gene variation...Model parameters, training code, inference code etc = fully open, to accelerate exploration & design of biological complexity”🧪

From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci special issue "Branching out: Resolving #PlantEvolution through #Phylogenetic Networks" Introducing ghostbuster: a new tool to detect cryptic ghost lineage introgression in genomic datasets (by Forsythe et al) bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany

A mathematical synthesis of genetics, development, and evolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.25.707927v1

Excited to share our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com We synthesize causal discovery & inference approaches across traditions (regression adjustment, quasi-expts, SEMs, Granger causality, convergent cross-mapping, and more) into a unified workflow for ecologists. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

With Eugene Koonin, we propose a concept of “the selfish ribosome”, under which evolution of life is viewed as a ribosomal takeover, where the ribosome evolved to consume most of the cell’s resources, while other cellular componentry ensures the propagation of the ribosome. arxiv.org/abs/2602.23268

"Why sequence the #genome of every species? A view from evolutionary biology" Did you catch this amazing new review in our journal by @peterhox.bsky.social? REad it for FREE here now: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @thembauk.bsky.social #dnasequencing #chromosome #mutation #evolution

Oil prices are up sharply as the widening Iran war disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting how important the passageway is to the world's oil supply.

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past two years thinking about genome evolution and how recent research revealing complex gene-gene interactions has complicated traditional ‘gene-centric’ genomic approaches to evolution. So here is a review that consolidates these thoughts! rdcu.be/e6pHY

For a new MBE Review, Presgraves et al. argue that many features of genome evolution, content, and organization seemingly inexplicable by adaptation or nearly neutral processes are instead best accounted for by meiotic drive. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #evobio #molbio

Pangenome-guided sequence assembly via binary optimization academic.oup.com/bib/article/... 🧬💻🧪 github.com/jkbonfield/qpg

Parece ser que la ejecución ya ha sido confirmada por medios iraníes.

¿Soy yo o aún hay bastante incertidumbre respecto a la ejecución de Khamenei? Parece ser que la única fuente proviene de Israel; pero yo esperaría a tener otras fuentes.

New paper alert: Paralog interference contributes to the preservation of genetic redundancy www.cell.com/current-biol...

NUEVO VÍDEO: ¿Hemos vuelto al fascismo? LINK: youtu.be/56YZf-ye8y0?...

How does development affect the evolutionary process? Join our symposium at www.evodevoconference26.com in Glasgow this June. We have a strong lineup of invited speakers, chaired by me and @milocco.bsky.social Submit your abstract before Thursday! ⏰

Los avances en el rescate a dos décadas del siniestro en la mina Pasta de Conchos representan pasos de justicia que demuestran que, cuando hay voluntad política, se pueden mover toneladas de tierra y romper con décadas de impunidad. 1/2

Parallel evolution of industrial melanism in the peppered moth: one locus, many alleles https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.26.707722v1

Debates like “programming is dead,” “AI will automate X,” or the latest “vibe coding” trend all miss the point. They treat complexity as something we can engineer away—instead of recognizing the ecological forces shaping software.

New paper out in MBE! 🧵 "Genomic Perplexity and the Evolution of Context-Dependent Function" The big idea: genes don't have fixed functions. Function emerges from context - genomic, cellular, environmental. And we can quantify this. academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

This post is about biologists' obligation to speak up for trans rights, in case I need to spell it out directly.

"Friends don't let friends make bad graphs" repo has reached 7000 stars on GitHub! When I created it back in 2022, I'd never imagine it will become this popular. #DataVis github.com/cxli233/Frie...

I'm very happy to share that a paper from my DPhil thesis has been selected as the Editor's Choice article in Evolution. 😊 You can read it here: lnkd.in/eCnAQfzT 🐜 @journal-evo.bsky.social #EvolutionaryBiology #SocialEvolution #Insects

On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms #evolution #microbiology @elife.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

New Element in the #PhilBio series by Silvia De Cesare—free to download until March 2! De Cesare examines the thorny issue of 'evolutionary progress,' recounting the arguments against and in favor of cashing out this contested notion 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #philsky

Evolutionary causes and consequences of gene duplication www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧬💻🧪 (🔓 rdcu.be/e4CYK)

New paper out! Here's a puzzle: phototrophy, the ability to use light for energy, is one of life's great innovations. It evolved early and transformed the biosphere. But it evolved 2x. Why not just once, why not more? Our work suggests the answer is priority effects. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Please help me spread this postdoc position with me at Stockholm University, Sweden!!!! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Breaking and making #genes: the genesis of novel traits in #plants A #ResearchReview by Fiza Hamid, Simran Arora & Shailesh Kumar 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

¿Dónde estarán los adalides de la libertad académica y de opinión? ¿Esos que nos contaban en The War On Science que la izquierda woke y la teoría crítica generaban ambientes de censura en las universidades? Supongo que tendrán mucho que decir al respecto de esto.

New Perspective!🔥It's fascinating how scientists from different fields but interested in the same question [e.g. genotype-phenoytpe relationship] can have such different perspectives. Here we put in our 2 cents wrt genetic effects being context-dependent, and pheno variation being mostly polygenic

"Our analysis of 5,678 species, across all insect groups, finds no evidence that haplodiploidy has driven an increased rate of eusocial evolution."

If you can't understand gene duplication, you're never going to understand evolution. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

Latest work from our group together with @jsharbro.bsky.social This review synthesizes insights into cytonuclear incompatibility in plant hybrids and allopolyploids, highlighting maternal bias, evolutionary consequences, and applications such as cytoplasmic male sterility in seed production.

How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller? Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase. 1/n

Could life have begun with simpler molecules than we once thought? A new paper in @science.org by @edogia.bsky.social shows that a tiny RNA catalyst can self-replicate itself, suggesting that life may have been easier to emerge than expected. Getting closer. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Han arrestado a Victoria Sámano!!! El responsable es el gobierno de CDMX! Exigimos su liberación!!

Episode 145 "Evolution at the speed of life" is out now! In this episode, David Reznick, talks about studying adaptation in the wild, eco-evolutionary dynamics, and placental evolution in live-bearing fish.

For #printerSolstice2526 prompt 2: my #linocut of trailblazing #microbiologist Esther Lederberg (née Zimmer, 1922-2007) 🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 #histsci who made discoveries fundamental to modern understanding of bacterial gene regulation, recombination & exchange, but her work was both overshadowed by & sometimes 🧵

One of my favourite things about this figure (sketched by Charles Darwin in one of his notebooks in 1837) is the “I think” at the top. Beyond an illustration of his evolving thoughts on descent with modification, the image somehow captures the essence of scientific curiosity. #DarwinDay 2026

Great opportunity to interact with the French Community of Ecological Theory: "Biodiversity in Equations" Conference in Montpellier, France on April 9 and 10, 2026, organized by GDR TheoMoDive and SFE2. Registration is free! Find more info here: biodiveq.sciencesconf.org?forward-acti...

#DeepMutationalScanning (DMS) experiments are limited by gene size due to library complexity & costs. @christianlandry.bsky.social &co develop an efficient & cost-effective barcoded cloning strategy for plasmid-based DMS libraries that enables study of large genes @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4abhyUf

Recent microbial evolutionary insights from metagenomics academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-... #jcampubs

'Modeling evolutionary rescue' doi.org/10.32942/X25...

Existence of Causation without Correlation in Transcriptional Networks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.09.704821v1

Nivedita Mukherjee and Mateus de Oliveira Lisboa reflect on @biologists.bsky.social Workshop titled ‘Decoding Whole Genome Doubling: Insights From Evolution, Development and Disease’. ⬇️ thenode.biologists.com/decoding-who...

Deconstructing empirical fitness seascapes across scales of granularity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.04.703871v1

Me pregunto qué pensaría Susumu Ohno de que los eventos más antiguos que podemos rastrear mediante métodos filogenéticos sean procesos de duplicación génica.

What happened before the last universal common ancestor? Pre-LUCA evolution is hard to study. In our new Cell Genomics Perspective we spotlight how paralogous proteins open a window onto the deepest chapters of evolution. 🧬🌍 Out today! --> www.cell.com/cell-genomic... @cellpress.bsky.social

In #GENETICS, a new model developed by @christianlandry.bsky.social and colleagues examines how molecular dominance determines total protein activity and contributes to phenotypic dominance. buff.ly/CfaTDp7