Despite a high number of suspected hybrid lizards, we found low genetic hybridisation between the Critically Endangered Aeolian wall lizard and the invasive Italian wall lizard. But, the Aeolian wall lizard shows extremely low genetic diversity and an Ne/Nc ratio of just 0.05 🦎

Three months after Javier Milei took office as the new president of Argentina, scientists there say that their profession is in crisis go.nature.com/3Tpm8Wx

This is mind-blowingly bad.Most up-to-date study on Atlantic Ocean currents system shows signals of collapse.This could happen in 2025-2095 with 95% probability. Land to grow wheat may drop by half. Winter temperatures in North Europe could drop between 10 and 30 °C. 1/🧵

Let's talk about #periods while doing #fieldwork . How do you handle them? Tampons and ziploc bags? Menstrual cups? Period panties? Suppressing them? My inquiring mind wants to know...

Breaking the menstruation taboo to make fieldwork more inclusive nature.com/articles/d4158…

#RésultatScientifique 🔎

💻 Une nouvelle application pour estimer automatiquement les paramètres de survie et de reproduction d'une population sauvage a été mise au point et appliquée au suivi de 20 000 manchots sur 25 ans.🐧

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Our paper exploring gene expression adaptive responses in the Emperor penguin (EP)🧊🇦🇶🐧is out on bioRxiv! EPs breed in the harsh, dark Antarctic winters at temps <-45C! We identify genes involved in temperature homeostasis, fasting, and energy metabolism doi.org/10.1101/2023.1…

Deadline extended to apply for both the Workshop on Genomics and Workshop on Phylogenomics! Send in your applications by the 25th of October! 📩 Don't miss this last chance to attend the 2024 workshops! #evomics2024 (Application links and information on thread!)

Come join us for the Workshop on Genomics 🧬in beautiful Cesky Krumlov in Jan! Applications now open!

We have a new preprint quantifying the anti-correlation between selection and gene expression in King and Emperor penguins 🐧
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Check out the new preprint by EmilianoTrucchi on the drivers of purifying selection in large penguin populations
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Thanks sooo much to the #SMBE2023 organizers and volunteers for putting together an amazing meeting in Ferrara! Can’t wait for #SMBE2024 in Mexico next year!

Time is important with Flávia Fernandes at #SMBE23

Às vezes nem os caras do próprio país se importam...

This pay-to-publish model further reduces the diversity (of author identity, geography, etc) that we know is beneficial for the scientific endeavour. Only well funded labs get to publish and, consequently, only well funded labs get more funds. Which genius came up with this?

We just opened applications for the 12th edition of the Workshop on Genomics! evomics.org/2023-workshop-… 🧬🏰🧪 sooooo looking forward to it! Spread the word!

..and structural analyses (by mollab) of one of the candidate genes under selection, the noxious cold receptor #TRPM8 , suggest tolerance for colder temperature in Emperor penguin! With Lino Ometto Silvia Fuselli Flávia Fernandes Pirri Le Bohec Perta Ancona Zane

Pervasive signature of positive selection for extreme cold adaptation in the Emperor penguin genome
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Nesses 4 anos o conservadorismo cresceu com o apoio da máquina pública. Derrotar o atual presidente e o seu projeto de extrema direita num 1o turno foi uma estratégia maravilhosa para mobilizar a militância, mas um 2o turno sempre foi a nossa realidade. Falta pouco!

What a new president in Brazil could mean for science go.nature.com/3y0EnGQ

The 9th Congress of SIBE-Società italiana di biologia evoluzionistica has started! The board is already set for registrations Omar Rota-Stabelli Andrea Luchetti EmilianoTrucchi Lino Ometto 😀
Starting with the crash course on the best practice for high quality genome assembly 😎
#Evoluzione2022