PLOS Biology

plosbiology.org

30 June 2026 07:39

How do species differ in their ability to #adapt to environmental change? This study by Lillith Zijmers, Adam Eyre-Walker &co estimates #evolvability from over 170 multicellular species, revealing that #plants exhibit greater adaptive potential than animals. 🧪#AcademicSky plos.io/4vk2TON

Susan Johnston

susanjohnston.bsky.social

29 June 2026 21:37

Our lab is at #SMBE2026 🧬🤩 🎤 Gina Henderson: maternal genetics of immunity 🐑 (Mon 11.45 Main) 📊 Marie Raynaud: recombination hotspots & function🐦 (Mon A294) 🎤 Susan Johnston: selection on crossovers 🐦 (Tue 14.30 Main) 📊 Lisa Ammer: sex-differences in CO landscapes 🐦 (Tue B196) And we are hiring 👇🏻

Darren Obbard

darrenobbard.bsky.social

29 June 2026 20:50

Starting as I mean to go on at #SMBE2026: DROSOPHILA!!!!

Susan Johnston

susanjohnston.bsky.social

01 June 2026 14:40

📣🧬 Postdoc Alert🧬📣 We are hiring a 2+ year NERC-funded postdoc at Edinburgh Uni investigating causes and consequences of sex differences in recombination in house sparrows in Norway. Informal enquiries welcome at Susan.Johnston@ed.ac.uk 🙂 Details here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Lilli

lillithzij.bsky.social

24 January 2026 23:43

I’m excited to share that our preprint is now available on bioRxiv. We show that levels of additive genetic variation differ systematically among species, with plants in our data exhibiting significantly higher evolvability than animals. doi.org/10.64898/202...