Megan Barkdull

meganbarkdull.bsky.social

05 October 2026 15:23

I’m really happy to share that my invited review on social insect genome evolution, co-authored with @corriemoreau.bsky.social, is out now in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social 🐝🐜 This is the paper I wish I’d had when studying for quals in grad school, and was a ton of fun to write.

Mark Bitter

markcbitter.bsky.social

02 October 2026 02:17

New Perspective w/ @petrovadmitri.bsky.social and Paul Schmidt! We ask what evolution-in-action studies tell us about an old question: what genetic variation matters for fitness, and what maintains it? ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Matt Lovett-Barron

mlovettbarron.bsky.social

28 September 2026 00:42

Our lab's latest paper on the neurobiology of collective behavior is now published www.nature.com/articles/s41... This is the work of a great team in the lab - led by Jo-Hsien Yu, with Geoff Meyerhof, Jimjohn Milan, and Julia Napoli @nature.com @danionella.bsky.social

Joseph W. BRRRAAAIIINNNSSS

josephwb.bsky.social

26 September 2026 21:59

Early-diverging lineages provide little information about ancestors academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... From @phylieu.bsky.social @sinkingdiatom.bsky.social @omearabrian.bsky.social

Brian O'Meara

omearabrian.bsky.social

26 September 2026 21:45

But take a favorite journal and look up "early-diverging" or "first branching" or even "basal" [though paleo should have some allowed use of this]. It comes up a lot and affects how people understand polarization of traits.