Reposted by Megan FrayerHenry Arenas-Castro @henryarenas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"How two hybridizing monkeyflowers resist phenotypic homogenization" I'm very happy to share this. We would really appreciate your feedback! 27030
Reposted by Megan FrayerHenry Arenas-Castro @henryarenas.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Language barriers not only hinder knowledge production & sharing but inflict personal costs to many scholars. Here we (w/ @vramirezc.bsky.social & others) share some advices to navigate this situation. Support society journals (or demand support from them if it's the case), they are leading the way. 071
Reposted by Megan FrayerSociety for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 09/04/2026💬 Don’t miss the latest Evolution Exchange, in which SSE President Dr. Gina Baucom talks with Evolution Letters EIC Dr. Judith Mank about the use of AI and LLMs in scientific publishing: www.evolutionsociety.org/the-evolutio... @gbaucom.bsky.social @judithmank.bsky.social @evolletters.bsky.social 0158
Reposted by Megan FrayerHenry Arenas-Castro @henryarenas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Applications to the Gordon Research Seminar in Speciation are now open! We encourage PhD students & postdocs from all geographies, backgrounds, disciplines to APPLY! This 2d seminar in beautiful Lucca 🇮🇹 will be followed by a 5d conference open to the broader community. www.grc.org/speciation-g... 12519
Reposted by Megan FrayerPia Schwarz @pfschwarz.bsky.social · 26/12/2025I am very excited to share our new paper with my amazing co-authors and mentors @dmacguig.bsky.social @fishgenomes.bsky.social @tjnear.bsky.social . We investigate a secondary contact zone in #darters. track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...track.smtpsendmail.comMosaic tri-lineage secondary contact shapes diverse genomic outcomes in dartersAbstract. Speciation does not always lead to complete reproductive isolation, which can result in hybrid zones with gene flow. In freshwater fishes, second 11411
Reposted by Megan FrayerKatrina Velle @katrinavelle.bsky.social · 05/10/2025PhD or Master's position available for Fall 2026! Interested in how actin drives cell crawling, eating, dividing, or osmoregulation? What about pathogenesis of a brain-eating amoeba? Or eukaryotic evolution? If so, apply through my website: katrinavelle.wixsite.com/science/cont... Please share! 14829
Reposted by Megan FrayerJenn Coughlan @jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Late to the party, but I'm so excited about the first paper from our lab: ✨Unique genetic bases of repeated life-history divergence associated with high altitude adaptation in Mimulus perennials ✨ This work was led by the ABSOLUTE ROCKSTAR Hongfei Chen! 15615
Reposted by Megan FrayerSamuel Church @shchurch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025The Church Evolution Laboratory (CEL@NYU) will be official as of Sep 1st: shchurch.github.io. We are recruiting at all levels, including a postdoc to work on evolutionary patterns and processes via comparative genomics in Hawaiian Drosophila. Please share widely!shchurch.github.ioChurch Evolution LaboratoryDepartment of Biology, New York City 02712
Reposted by Megan FrayerCody Limber @codylimber.bsky.social · 26/08/2025My feather cell type paper is finally out! doi.org/10.1111/ede.... We’ve packed a ton of stuff into this paper but I’ll go through some highlights in this thread!doi.orgGenetic Characterization of the Cell Types in Developing Feathers, and the Evolution of Feather ComplexityWe used single cell sequencing to investigate the cell types of developing chicken feathers. From these data, we are able to describe the transcriptional profile of feather cell types, look at their .... 25828
Megan Frayer @hybridzones.bsky.social · 09/08/2025This collaboration was so much fun!! I’m excited to see it online! www.cell.com/trends/genet...cell.comThe molecular evolutionary basis of species formation revisitedHow do new species arise? This is among the most fundamental questions in evolutionary biology. The first genetic model for how reproductive barriers lead to the origin of new species was proposed nea... 13010
Megan Frayer @hybridzones.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I had an amazing time for the last couple of weeks teaching at the @instaar.bsky.social Mountain Research Station in Colorado! It was such a pleasure to work with a great group of students in a beautiful place! Thank you so much @drscottataylor.bsky.social for the opportunity and all the support! 040
Reposted by Megan FrayerMajo Rodriguez @majorodriguezb.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Tomorrow at Evolution 2025 I would be presenting my poster about Mitonuclear incompatibilities between two swordtails species! This is a work I been working on for my bachelor thesis project tutored by @mollyschumer.bsky.social Come to Poster A4 to learn more about it! 083
Reposted by Megan FrayerKarolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 13/05/2025The BSA is using reserve funds to support this year's cohort, who are in the middle of making travel plans for the summer's Botany meetings. If you are able, please donate to the Human Diversity Fund - $ raised will be used to help support this program moving forward. crm.botany.org/makeadonationcrm.botany.orgMake a Donation to the BSA | Botanical Society of America 02221
Reposted by Megan FrayerbioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 23/04/2025The genomic imprint of chromosomal inversions and demographic history in island populations of deer mice www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 073
Reposted by Megan FrayerJesper Boman @jesperboman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I feel honored that our work: "On the origin of an insular hybrid butterfly lineage" was picked as "Editor's choice" and that my picture of a mating couple (🧡🤎) covers the latest issue of Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social. Link to paper: academic.oup.com/evolut/artic... (1/8) 58520
Megan Frayer @hybridzones.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Do you need to build up your computational toolkit, but you’re also jealous of your field-oriented colleagues who get to go to beautiful places? Now you can do both! Come join us for Bioinformatics in the Mountains! 042
Reposted by Megan FrayerScott Taylor @drscottataylor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Join us at the Mountain Research Station this summer! 054
Reposted by Megan FrayerEmily Moore @ecmoore.bsky.social · 09/01/2025If you know anyone who might be interested in working as a technician before a PhD, I'm looking for someone to work with me to generate some amazing data to understand the genetics of behavior, sex differences, and reproduction in an evolutionary context. Bonus? Amazing and supportive department! 25465
Reposted by Megan FrayerPauline Raimondeau @paulineraim.bsky.social · 15/04/2024Feels like an accomplishment to see my PhD work out in @currentbiology.bsky.social today! We identified the genetic determinants of self-incompatibility system in olive and uncover exciting links with distyly!cell.comA hemizygous supergene controls homomorphic and heteromorphic self-incompatibility systems in OleaceaeRaimondeau et al. unveil the genetic determinants of the unique self-incompatibility system of olives. This initial discovery leads them to identify the genetic controls of distyly within the family a... 44011
Megan Frayer @hybridzones.bsky.social · 18/03/2024I am so excited to share the advance online version of our new paper "Do genetic loci that cause reproductive isolation in the lab inhibit gene flow in nature?" Bret and I really enjoyed thinking about these ideas and we hope others find the discussion useful! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...academic.oup.comDo Genetic Loci that Cause Reproductive Isolation in the Lab Inhibit Gene Flow in Nature?Abstract. The genetic dissection of reproductive barriers between diverging lineages provides enticing clues into the origin of species. One strategy uses linka 03118
Reposted by Megan FrayerJenn Coughlan @jenncoughlan.bsky.social · 16/02/2024Over the🌙 to share our accepted article, lead by rockstar @Hagar_k_Soliman 👩🎤. We really had to stretch our plant-minded brains in this one- a very fun exploration into mammals, plants, and conflict! 🌺🐁Thanks for the opportunity, @theAGA_org! academic.oup.com/jhered/advan... 02414
