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Dan Powell

@danlpowell.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University Population genomics, behavioral ecology, hybridization, the evolution of reproductive barriers, and fishy things

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Zach B. Hancock @hancockzb.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Check out my new article published in @aeon.co on the continued relevance of JBS Haldane's 1964 "A Defense of Beanbag Genetics". (Love that they chose the peppered moth as the cover for it!) aeon.co/essays/a-res...
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A resurrected defence of beanbag genetics | Aeon Essays
Today a bitter dispute about the nature of biology is underway. A simple bag of beans may be what tips the balance
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
With @hybridzones.bsky.social & @jenncoughlan.bsky.social, we have been working on an update to Daven Presgraves' influential 2010 review on hybrid incompatibilities (shorturl.at/cJndf). The preprint is available here (shorturl.at/DTC48) with an updated table of almost 100 incompatibilities!
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The molecular evolutionary basis of species formation - Nature Reviews Genetics
Recently, several new speciation genes have been identified that have contributed to our understanding of the molecular details of the evolution of hybrid dysfunction. This Progress article describes ...
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Congratulations to former graduate student @ben-moran.bsky.social for receiving a Scmidtt Fellowship! So well deserved! schmidtsciencefellows.org/news/2025-fe...
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2025 Fellows Will Break New Ground Through Interdisciplinary Research • Schmidt Science Fellows
Thirty-two early career researchers, tackling issues from improving food security to developing better medical implants, have been announced as the 2025 Schmidt Science Fellows and will pursue innovat...
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