Red devil spiders from the Canary Islands have a genome half the size of mainland counterparts - Pisarenco, @jrozasub.bsky.social et al. show how purifying selection against slightly deleterious DNA and TE insertions is the primary mechanism. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf206 #evobio #molbio #TEsky

Many thanks to all GEvol members for a truly wonderful annual meeting. It was really great to catch up with you all again.

Delighted to see Luis's beautiful study on the evolution and development of visual system diversity in spiders is out in @royalsociety.org Proc B! No Friday evening plans? We've got you covered! Click here for cute gummy spider babies 🕷️https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2069