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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Can mothers prepare offspring for an unpredictable future? In C. elegans, adaptive maternal plasticity evolved when a maternal cue reliably predicted the offspring’s environment. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan... By Henrique Teotónio and @evoecodynamics.bsky.social

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Joelle Lafond, PhD @joellelafond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨Our new preprint is out! 🤩 🌟 Mutation rates vary widely across taxa, and decades of research have sought to explain why. ♀️♂️ Reproductive modes, and evolutionary shifts between them, could help explain some of this variation. ❓ So what does the evidence tell us? 👀 Read our preprint to find out!

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Reproductive mode and the evolution of mutation rate

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Self-fertilization reverses the direction of selection on recombination www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Haoran Cai @haorancai.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New paper out @pnas.org: We explore why fly wings evolve along "lines of least resistance" and reconcile the "rate paradox" between population variation and divergence. Check out how a low dimensional model of selection on size explains it all: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

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Arnaud Le Rouzic @arnaudlerouzic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Interested in a PhD in Theoretical evolutionary ecology? A position is opened in my lab. "Theoretical and statistical modeling of eco-evolutionary feedback loops from abundance-phenotype time series" Details and application: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

A simple overview of eco-evo feedback loops: the environment influences the evolution of phenotypes and genotypes, which in turn affect the population density, and thus the environment.

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PolyAdapt STN @polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Looking forward to Sam Yeaman's seminar about repeatability of adaptation on Thursday May 28 at 4 pm CET. Join us online!

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Maud Tenaillon @maudtenaillon.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Post 1 🌱📊 New paper out in New Phytologist: we use plant domestication as a replicated natural experiment to study how divergent selection shapes multivariate phenotypic evolution across species. 👤 First author: Arthur Wojcik et al. Phenotype-only framework (no genomic data) doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Arnaud Le Rouzic @arnaudlerouzic.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Come and join our team! A 2-year postdoc position is available in our "Genome Evolution" department at Univ Paris Saclay. We want to play with phylogenetic models accounting for horizontal transfers of transposable elements. Application& details on the official portal: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

$Object: Postdoc Position Building a phylogenetic model for horizontal transfers of transposable elements A postdoctoral position (24 months) is available to work at EGCE (Gif-sur-Yvette, France, CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay) from January 2026. Transposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences capable of promoting their own mobility. They are widespread across the tree of life and often represent a substantial fraction of eukaryotic genomes. Beyond their ability to invade genomes, TEs are frequently reported to undergo horizontal transfer, enabling their colonization of new hosts. However, understanding and predicting how horizontal transfers shape the distribution of TEs among species is far from straightforward. In particular, estimates of transfer rates based on documented cases are both biased and approximate, since transfers occurring close to speciation events are virtually undetectable. This project aims to develop explicit phylogenetic models of TE evolution that incorporate horizontal transfers, and to use these models to obtain statistical estimates of key evolutionary dynamics of TE families across species (e.g., horizontal transfer and extinction rates). The postdoctoral project will focus on exploring the impact of horizontal transfers on the distribution of TE presence/absence among related species, using statistical and/or computational approaches.$

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Christian Braendle @braendle.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The Braendle Lab in Nice, France is hiring two postdocs to study nematode genetics, evolution, and ecology. Start Jan–Jul 2026. Deadline Nov 30, 2025. Apply: christian.braendle@univ-cotedazur.fr

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Maud Tenaillon @maudtenaillon.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

📢 Postdoc Opportunity – Université Paris-Saclay 🌾🧬💻 Reproductive isolation between crops and their wild relatives Candidates with PhD in evolutionary genomics & programming skills. 👉 Full description & how to apply: [moulon.inrae.fr/en] #Postdoc #EvolutionaryGenomics #Speciation

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

A PhD position is open at the Teotónio lab in Paris to study genetic assimilation in C. elegans. Applicants with a master's in evolutionary biology are preferred. Apply by 19 Sept 2025. More info: www.ibens.bio.ens.psl.eu/?rubrique28 #phd

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Henrique Teotónio - IBENS - ENS

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Pierre de Villemereuil @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

There is still a few days to apply to this PhD offer! Come enjoy Paris and the "Jardin des Plantes" at the heart of it, while working on exciting science!

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Maud Tenaillon @maudtenaillon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🚨 Applications Open! 🎓 The Master 2 EvoGEM offers training in computational & mathematical modelling to interpret evolutionary mechanisms from genomic data. 📍Taught in English in Paris (MNHN, PSL, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. Paris-Cité & Paris-Saclay) 🔹 Research in leading labs 🔗 Apply now: evogem.fr

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Inter-institutional Master in evolutionary genetics

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Pierre de Villemereuil @pdevillemereuil.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Excited to share the news that our article on the partition of variance of reaction norm with @lmchev.bsky.social has been recommended by @peercommunityin.bsky.social Evolutionary Biology: 👇🧵 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... evolbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... #phenplas #quantgen

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Partitioning the phenotypic and genetic variances of reaction norms

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