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Jamie Alfieri

@jamiealfieri.bsky.social
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Interested in population, quantitative, and functional genomics of wild and domesticated organisms.

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 19/02/2026
The #fly community aims to achieve a comprehensive genomic study of the Drosophilidae family. @pankajd.bsky.social @bernardkim.bsky.social @petrovadmitri.bsky.social @darrenobbard.bsky.social present a comparative gene annotation for 301 #Drosophilidae species @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4c3pyrI
Time-calibrated phylogeny of the family Drosophilidae showing major species groups, surrounded by representative adult flies that highlight the remarkable morphological diversity of this model insect group. The composite image was created using Microsoft PowerPoint. Fly photographs were taken by Darren J. Obbard and are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License with permission.
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Phylogeny of tinamous based on whole-genomes and fossils: academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🪶🧪 (📷Musher et al.)
Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among tinamous, a group of superficially partridge-like birds more closely related to ostriches and emus.
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Peter Sudmant @psudmant.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The Sudmant lab at UC Berkeley is seeking a postdoc to work on a fully funded NIH project to understand differences in DNA repair and somatic mutation across the primate tree of life. Please spread widely to those who may be interested aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05052
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Postdoctoral Scholar – Genomics, Aging, Somatic Mutation, Structural Variation, Evolution , Cancer – Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New preprint characterizing diverse hybrid dysfunction phenotypes (sperm, gonads, copulatory structures) despite no detectable pre-zygotic isolation, work led by students Maia Dall'Acqua and Amanda Peak (now with @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social ) #celegans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A constellation of dysfunctional hybrid phenotypes enforces reproductive isolation between Caenorhabditis nematode species
The evolution of complete reproductive isolation hinges on the cumulative action of reproductive isolating barriers that can manifest throughout the life cycle of an organism. Consequently, a comprehe...
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Jamie Alfieri @jamiealfieri.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Very excited to dive into this work on time-varying outcomes of hybridization & fitness landscapes by Schneemann and Welch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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When will hybridization bring long-term benefits?
Hybridization between distinct populations injects genetic variation, which can bring fitness benefits. However, these benefits often appear as F1 heterosis, and might not persist into later generatio...
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Lee Hsiang Liow (廖珕庠) @lhliow.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Estimating and understanding sources of uncertainty in diversification rates with Rosana Zenil-Ferguson out in an issue in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Simpson's tachytely or bradytely? The importance of quantifying rate uncertainty
The spectacular variation in species forms and richness across space and time can be explored using sophisticated and powerful tools recently developed by evolutionary modellers. In this contribut...
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Just accepted #EcologyLetters! Exciting work by recent grad Rebecca Schalkowski with @katjakasimatis.bsky.social and Megan Greischar linking 2 species community coexistence to sperm cell mediated reproductive interference! Preprint here www.authorea.com/users/804447...
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Reproductive interference alters species coexistence in nematodes due to asymmetric sperm-induced harm
Species coexistence is shaped by a range of biotic and abiotic factors. Beyond predation, parasitism, and competition, one species may interfere with another's reproduction to induce sexual exclusion ...
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Gabby Palomo, PhD @gabspalomo.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Ok people. I’m drawing silhouettes this afternoon. If you have a paper coming up and you are in need of a #silhouette please let me know and I will have it ready today. As always I upload all my silhouettes to phylopic.org I also have tutorials on how to put a silhouette in a plot in R.
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PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
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Tim Janicke @timjanicke.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Hey BlueSkyers, we’re finalizing a #meta-analysis 📚 on comparative studies examining the link between #SexualSelection and #Speciation. If you have unpublished data or know of studies that might not surface in a systematic search, please reach out - we’d love to include them! Please share!
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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Quantitative Genetics of Microbiome Mediated Traits www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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American Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Read about "Testing the Mating System Model of Parasite Complex Life Cycle Evolution Reveals Demographically Driven Mixed Mating" by Hulke & Criscione here: www.amnat.org/an/newpapers... Read the article: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Parasite party: how inbreeding begets a complex life cycle
<p>Read about &ldquo;Testing the Mating System Model of Parasite Complex Life Cycle Evolution Reveals Demographically Driven Mixed Mating&rdquo; by Jenna M. Hulke and Charles D. Criscione (December&nb...
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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
NEW preprint!🥳 Orthogroups are a prerequisite for comparative genomics and Tree of Life inquiries Introducing #OrthoHMM, software that improves the inference of orthogroups (blue in fig) OrthoHMM may refine our understanding of genome evolution and the Tree of Life 🔗 tinyurl.com/4s9mwxz6 🧵 1/8
Logo of OrthoHMM, a novel software for HMM-based inference of orthologous groups of genesBenchmarking analysis of OrthoHMM and previously published algorithms. OrthoHMM has better precision, recall, and FMI scores. Benchmarking was conducted against the Orthobench dataset of expertly curated orthogroups
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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Does metabolic rate influence genome-wide amino acid composition in the course of animal evolution? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Wei Wang and De-Xing Zhang.
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Does metabolic rate influence genome-wide amino acid composition in the course of animal evolution?
Abstract. Natural selection is believed to shape amino acid usage of the proteome by minimizing the energy cost of protein biosynthesis. Although this hypo
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CoreyWelch_STEM @coreywelch.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
Poem “Academic Indian Job Description: Have To Know,” by Dr. Cash Ahenakew (Cree) blogs.ubc.ca/edst/2020/06... #DisabledinSTEM #BlackInSTEM #LatinxInSTEM #IndigenousInSTEM #NATIVESINSTEM
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Academic Indian Job Description, a Poem | Educational Studies Blog
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Increasing crop diversity is likely to be crucial for future food security. Domesticating more types of crops might be one way of achieving that. 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... Achieving that will call for more collaboration, exchange, and a bit of opening to new things.
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The next era of crop domestication starts now | PNAS
Current food systems are challenged by relying on a few input-intensive, staple crops. The prioritization of yield and the loss of diversity during...
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 25/08/2024
How I landed on Bluesky
Slartibartfast meeting Arthur Dent, as depicted in the BBC television adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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