Reposted by Paco Majic📑 EvoDevo Papers @evodevo-papers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mechanisms of Phenotypic Evolution from Molecules to Organisms: Integrating Evolutionary Biochemistry and Evolutionary Developmental Biology pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42751651 #EvoDevo 084
Reposted by Paco MajicLouis Bliard @lbliard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New preprint out with Michael Griesser and @ryangermain.bsky.social, for some comparative analyses in which we find that population growth rates of cooperative breeders are less sensitive to annual variation in precipitation and temperature doi.org/10.32942/X26... 096
Reposted by Paco MajicCecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026A paper that inspired and inspires my thinking a lot. Really happy to see it finally out. 041
Reposted by Paco MajicLouis Bliard @lbliard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Do social bird species have more stable demographic histories? We do not find this to be the case in our new preprint doi.org/10.32942/X2N... Together with @ryangermain.bsky.social and many others 1239
Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026What drives the variation in mutation rates between seals and walruses, gulls and pelicans? Maybe selection counteracting the burden of deleterious mutations- or maybe it is a spandrel, a neutral byproduct of the diversification of development and life-history academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...academic.oup.comMutation rate variation as the neutral byproduct of developmental and life history diversificationAbstract. Understanding why species differ in their rates of mutation is central to explaining patterns of molecular and phenotypic evolution. Mutation rat 0127
Reposted by Paco MajicGaurav Vaidya @gvaidya.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The first preprint from my PhD is out! :thread: How does an animal choose between two completely different reproductive fates? Here’s how one planarian does it :point_down: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgLife-cycle trajectory inference links temperature-gated progenitors to reproductive fateTemperature shapes reproductive strategies across animals, yet how individuals switch between sexual and asexual reproduction remains unknown. We establish the planarian Phagocata morgani as a model f... 13715
Reposted by Paco MajicLuisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The lab is at #SMBE2026! Come see @junishigohoka.bsky.social talk on Wednesday in the "Fitness Landscapes" symposium @3:50pm. Jun will talk about our theoretical and experimental efforts to understand the implications of *probabilistic* GP maps for evolution (in contrast w *deterministic* GP maps). 0164
Reposted by Paco MajicMike Dorrity @mwdorr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026First pre-print from the lab, a collaborative effort led by Jess Bourn @bournsupremacy.bsky.social, a fantastic PhD in my group. We resolve a key problem in development + evolution: how do we quantify heterochrony and link temporal variation to phenotype? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgQuantitative mapping of heterochrony to species-specific phenotypesThe genetic program of animal development is conserved, but its rate of execution varies across species. Heterochrony, shifts in the relative timing of developmental events, generates phenotypic varia... 511946
Reposted by Paco MajicCecilia Padilla-Iglesias @ceciliapad.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🚨FULLY FUNDED PHD POSITION!🚨 If you are interested in trying to answer the question of "How did climate shape the movements, interactions, and evolution of hominin populations?" Come join my lab at @humanorigins.bsky.social 🧬🧪 deadline 7th of June ⬇️ uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... 15757
Reposted by Paco MajicIdoia Quintana-Urzainqui @idoiaeu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026🦈🧠2 JOB OFFERS in the brand-new Neuroshark group starting at the Institute of Neuroscience Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI)? Lab manager: www.linkedin.com/posts/idoia-... Bioinformatician: www.linkedin.com/posts/idoia-... Curious about the lab but not your profile? Feel free to contact melinkedin.comLab manager job | Idoia Quintana UrzainquiJOB OPPORTUNITY 🦈 🧠 🔬. We are looking for a Lab Manager to help establish a new group studying shark embryos to understand the origin of the vertebrate brain. Reach out if this motivates you. We’re ba... 01213
Reposted by Paco MajicNoa Ottilie Borst @ottilie.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Excited to share my first preprint from my PhD w/ @justinmcrocker.bsky.social. We show that cell type-specific regulatory dominance promotes robustness and evolutionary innovation through interallelic transcriptional hubs, potentially expanding the mutational paths available to diploids. (1/18) 15023
Reposted by Paco MajicJames Phipps-Tan @jphippstan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Heya science peeps, my first first-author paper is on Biorxiv! We show how transcriptome-wide expression variability in outbred animals responds massively to an environmental stressor and is underpinned by cryptic variability- (not just mean-) controlling alleles. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 0209
Reposted by Paco MajicJustin Crocker @justinmcrocker.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Rethinking insecticide toxicology for the 21st century: a review written with Philip Batterham. Led by Lautaro Gandara @embl.org and Felipe Martelli: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comRethinking insecticide toxicology for the 21st centuryInsecticides remain indispensable for crop protection and food security, yet their widespread use may contribute to the global decline of beneficial i… 083
Reposted by Paco MajicLuisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Inspired in this iconic Guarda course, a group of four Latin American researchers organized the South American version: #EvoSur. The masterminds behind this amazing idea: Paco Majic (Uruguay) @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social, Santi Herrera (Colombia), Caua Westmann (Brasil) and Ana Maria Agapito (Perú). 11915
Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Con estudiantes y profesores de cada rincón de Nuestraamérica 🇧🇴🇵🇾🇧🇷🇦🇷🇪🇨🇨🇱🇻🇪🇨🇴🇺🇾🇵🇪, el taller EvoSur de biología evolutiva transcurrió la semana pasada con total éxito! Nos encontramos 34 personas —estudiantes, profesores y organizadores— en el balneario Playa Verde, Maldonado, Uruguay. 193
Paco Majic @hhydrochaerus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025🔊 ¡Llamado a pensar la evolución desde el sur! Invitamos a estudiantes de maestría y doctorado en biología evolutiva de Sudamérica a postularse a EvoSur. 🧬 Un espacio para intercambiar ideas, debatir evolución y tejer redes científicas con todas las voces, todas: sites.google.com/view/evosur2...sites.google.comEvoSurMOTIVACIÓN 146
