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Jhan C. Salazar, PhD

@jhancsalazar.bsky.social
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#Portejadeño, Cauca (🇨🇴) #Black, #Latino, and Proud ✊🏿 | Ph.D. - WashU | PostDoc at Mayo Clinic - Neurogenesis and Brain Tumors Lab | Brain cancer evolution | U. Icesi - Alma Mater jhansalazar.weebly.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 06/10/2026
A study in Nature systematically maps genetic variants, genes and pathways that are involved in differentiating the human skeleton from those of other great apes. go.nature.com/3VIqueT #Evosky 🧬🧪
This is figure 4, which shows GAG content decreased in several joints during human skeletal evolution.
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The October 2026 issue of MBE has launched - check in throughout the month for your regular dose of discoveries, methods, protocols, and reviews in molecular evolution. 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/issue/43... #societyjournal #evobio #molbio
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Luis Amador @luchoamador.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today I was working with this fantastic tool called GetOrganelle. I prepared a small tutorial to extract a mitochondrial genome from WGS. github.com/luchoamador/...
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GitHub - luchoamador/Whole-Genome-2-Mitochondrial-genome: Bash code to show how to extract and assemble complete mitochondrial genomes from whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data.
Bash code to show how to extract and assemble complete mitochondrial genomes from whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data. - luchoamador/Whole-Genome-2-Mitochondrial-genome
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Urban Evolution & Ecology Conference @urbanevoecoconf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The first every #GordonResearchConference on #UrbanEvolution and #UrbanEcology is taking place January 31-February 5, 2027 in #Ventura, #California!! Apply and register by November 15 to guarantee your place!! www.grc.org/urban-evolut...
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Jhan C. Salazar, PhD @jhancsalazar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Happy to share that the last chapter of my dissertation is finally out in Evolution! 🦎⛰️ I'll share a longer thread soon about what we did and found. Huge thanks to all my coauthors: @jblosos.bsky.social, @juvelas.bsky.social, Steven Poe and Adam Algar doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Repeated evolution of high-elevation occupation in tropical lizards
Abstract. Since Darwin and Humboldt, researchers have sought to understand how species adapt to elevation. Although tropical reptiles are typically most di
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Stephanie C. Lechki @stephlechki.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thrilled that our study on a potential explanation for the lack of small-bodied non-avian dinosaurs was selected as the 'Editor's Choice' article for the newest issue of Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social check it out here! academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Issue 18 has closed & issue 19 is open. The front cover, by Alexandra Reinhardt, shows a nudibranch (Hermissenda crassicornisas) as it crawls across a chiton & conspecific eggs towards an orange cup coral it hopes to prey upon journals.biologists.com/jeb/issue/22...
Cover of issue 17 of volume 229 of Journal of Experimental Biology, published in October 2026. The cover shows a nudibranch crawling around some eggs and over a chiton to get to an orange cup coral.
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
. @biologists.bsky.social is offering 20 funded places for ECRs from the Global South to attend the Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments Workshop in Argentina, 1-5 August 2027 Application deadline: 6 Nov 2026 Don't miss out! 🔁 www.biologists.com/workshops/au...
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Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments
Organisers: Martin Berón de Astrada, Sebastián Eduardo Sabatini, Martín Tresguerres, Maria Soledad Yusseppone
Early-career reserachers apply for funded places
1-5 August 2027
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Richard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's a link to @chrisadami.bsky.social 's book, which I highly recommend: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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The Evolution of Biological Information
Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in nature
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm hiring a bioinformatician! Review of applications starts October 1 with a start date as soon as possible. 🧪 #Genomics #popGen #CompBio northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Bioinformatician - Lotterhos Lab
About the Opportunity About the Center for Marine Ecological Genomics The successful candidate will be based at the Lotterhos Lab and the Center for Marine Ecological Genomics at Northeastern Marine S...
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Fabio Barteri @linudz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PSS-defined groups also produced smaller, more strongly enriched candidate-gene sets than comparisons based on phenotypic extremes using CAAStools. The method is available in the beta R package phyloPSS: github.com/linudz/phylo... 4/4 #RStats #EvoBio
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GitHub - linudz/phyloPSS: R package implementing Phenotype Shift Scores (PSS), a pairwise framework for detecting exceptional differentiation in continuous traits across phylogenies by combining pheno...
R package implementing Phenotype Shift Scores (PSS), a pairwise framework for detecting exceptional differentiation in continuous traits across phylogenies by combining phenotypic distance, phyloge...
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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Transforming turtle systematics: challenges, opportunities and the path ahead by Evers and Joyce 🔗 buff.ly/9dnDRTc #PaleoSky #turtles #systematics #phylogeny #morphology View the full series here: Perspectives on the Systematics of Fossil Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities: buff.ly/qiJ0XUO
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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
JEB Editor-in-Chief, Craig Franklin, Editor Graham Scott and Features & Reviews Editor Jarren Kay will be in Orlando, Florida for the APS Comparative Physiology Conference 17-20 September. They look forward to meeting you there 🔁
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Springer Nature @springernature.com · 15/09/2026
A single brain implant that can simultaneously decode speech and gestures in people with paralysis is reported in @natneuro.nature.com. The findings represent a step towards brain–computer interfaces that enable more natural communication: spklr.io/63323ETkPz #Neuroscience 🧪 🧠
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Simultaneous speech and gesture decoding for multimodal communication in paralysis - Nature Neuroscience
Brosler et al. develop a brain–computer interface that simultaneously decodes speech and gestures from a single cortical implant to animate a virtual avatar, providing a step toward more flexible communication for people with paralysis.
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Springer Nature @springernature.com · 12/09/2026
It’s a skill that’s easy to overlook, but emotional intelligence, the ability to manage your own feelings and understand those of others, can help you tackle tricky situations at work. Check out this guide to emotional intelligence in the lab: spklr.io/63329Er2h3 #AcademicSky 🧪
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A guide to emotional intelligence in the lab
Learning how to manage your feelings can help you to tackle some tricky situations at work, say organizational psychologists.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.
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NSF leadership in a new golden age of science
The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
🌿 Group photo from the #PalaeoNoma2026 Plant Nomenclature Workshop at the University of Bonn—practical training focused on algae, fungi, plants and fossil taxa. Thanks to Dr Julia Gravendyck, the organisers and participants. Supported by COST #PalaeoOpen, CPS and the AASP Foundation.
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference 2026 will be held in Rotorua, a uniquely dynamic geological setting known for its geothermal landscapes and deep links to iwi Māori. confer.eventsair.com/gsnz-2026
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Tom Near @tjnear.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
1/11 🐟 2nd new preprint today from @chasedbrownstein.bsky.social We investigated how losing the swim bladder, the organ that most fishes use to control their buoyancy, has shaped the diversity of ray-finned fishes over 90 million years of Earth history. The results surprised us. 🧵
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Falling speciation is consistent with niche-filling following extinction, but increasing extinction may indicate a role for neutral dynamics during radiation. Cryptic diversification may be evidenced by a peak earlier than inferred using phylogenetic estimates." 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #PaleoBio
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Got a fantastic colleague who deserves recognition? Our Medals and Awards recognise advocacy, research and art, and from those at the start of their careers to those that are more established. Check out the categories and get your nominations in by 30 September, www.linnean.org/the-society/...
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Medals, Awards, Prizes and Grants
Explore the wealth of content available within The Linnean Society of London's website.
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Henry Arenas-Castro @henryarenas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Conspecific Gamete Precedence in Speciation: History, Evidence, and a Research Roadmap I’m very happy to share this review about a fundamental reproductive barrier that has been largely overlooked in speciation research. I’d appreciate all your feedback! Preprint: ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Taxonomic breadth of reported case studies of conspecific gamete precedence, 41 in plants and 52 in animals.
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 20/08/2026
ALPaCA (Adapting Llama for Pathology Context Analysis), a general-purpose slide-level Large Vision Language Model for question answering in cancer computational pathology #cancer #CanSky #OncoSky #AI dlvr.it/TV5lH1
Scheme describing the ALPaCA model for cancer computational pathology
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Journal of Systematics and Evolution @journalsysevo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Peng et al.'s analysis of Androsace #macroevolutionary dynamics provides a spatiotemporal framework for understanding the #evolution of #alpine plants in the Northern Hemisphere. Read all about it here! doi.org/10.1111/jse.... @wileyecology.bsky.social #PlantSci #systematics #DNA
Integration of phylogenomic and biogeographic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of Androsace s.l. Data shown reveal four major clades, a Pan-Tibetan origin (early Oligocene), and multi-stage dispersal across Northern Hemisphere mountains. Convergent cushion evolution, unique heterophylly, and forest adaptations are linked to asynchronous diversification shaped by climate and geology, providing a framework for understanding alpine biodiversity.
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IUCN SSC Marine Conservation Committee (MCC) @sscmarine.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Follow IUCN Species Survival Commission groups, members, and more via the IUCN SSC Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/4mGN37B #WeAreSSC #biodiversity #conservation
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The overlooked role of epigenetics in fisheries-induced evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌎🦑🧪🐟
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The overlooked role of epigenetics in fisheries-induced evolution
Fisheries-induced evolution (FIE) is typically framed in terms of genetic change, yet epigenetic processes linking environmental variation to phenotype remain overlooked. We propose that selective…
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Dr. K. Lotterhos @drk-lo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Does anyone out there have experience with AVITI or Ultima sequencing? How does the quality compare to Illumina? Are there any differences in the downstream bioinformatics? 🧪🧬💻 #NGS #bioinformatics #PopGen
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Cellosaurus @cellosaurus.bsky.social · 22/03/2019
Julie Dutil & al have just published a very nice paper cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/… on their new ECLA tool that estimates the genetic ancestral origin of ~1400 cancer #celllines. Thanks to Julie this ancestry information will be available i...
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Anyi Mazo-Vargas @anyimv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thinking about a #Postdoc and interested in writing a competitive fellowship proposal? Are you interested in developing independent research in #EvoDevo, functional #Genomics, and adaptation in #Lepidoptera? Let's talk! 🦋
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 14/08/2026
A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution supports the hypothesis that climatic variability may cause phenotypic diversification in Passeriformes, the most diverse order of living birds, driving bursts of new traits over millions of years and shaping their evolutionary patterns.🔒🧪 #evosky
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Rates of passerine body plan evolution in time and space - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A reconstruction of the evolutionary history of passerine body plans over the past ~50 Myr shows rare bursts of phenotypic innovation near the origin of major taxonomic groups that are temporally aligned with periods of increased climatic instability. Similar patterns are reflected in contemporary spatial gradients, where higher-latitude and more seasonal environments show elevated phenotypic rates.
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Fundamental study revealing, based on the bone histology, the high metabolic levels across Archosaur phylogenetic tree 👇 doi.org/10.1017/pab.... 🧪⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio
Reduced time-calibrated phylogenetic tree of major groups of archosauriforms and their relatives.
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Fancy a shower with an octopus? Or a gentle beluga to hug to sleep? You can now have brilliant, historic images of plants, animals and landscapes from our Collections as wall art, home decor items (cushion covers, shower curtains), puzzles or tote bags! Browse the possibilities 👉 bit.ly/4fYoR4n
Vintage scientific illustration of an octopus with eight arms splayed outward, mottled yellow-green skin and bulbous mantle, yellow-green eyes and curling tentacles revealing rows of suckers.A scientific illustration of a large white beluga whale resting on rocky ice in an Arctic seascape with towering icebergs and a tiny rowboat on the horizon for scale.
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🧐Are you an Early Career Investigator (starting PI, Postdoc or a PhD candidate)? Would you like to present your EvoDevo research with the PASEDB community? #EvoDevoMondays webinar series aims to bring together the EvoDevo research community across all the Americas 🌎
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🚨 Last day!🚨 #PASEDB exec. council nominations (or autonominations) ✨Today May 15✨ Email Dr. Igor Schneider (igors@lsu.edu) a short statement (~1 page) outlining the candidate’s: 1. History with the society 2. Contributions to EvoDevo 3. Why the nomitation
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/05/2026
The rise of the literary nepo baby? The children of famous novelists on following in their parents’ footsteps
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The rise of the literary nepo baby? The children of famous novelists on following in their parents’ footsteps
From Naomi Ishiguro to Jess Atwood Gibson, more children of high profile writers are becoming authors themselves. Parents and their literary offspring discuss the pressures of measuring up
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Luisa F. Pallares @luisapallares.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
#CienciaCriolla!
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Andrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models
Abstract. IQ-TREE (https://iqtree.github.io/) is a widely used open-source software tool for efficiently inferring phylogenetic trees under maximum likelih
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📣 The second issue of 2026 is now complete! Showcasing new cutting-edge #ornithology research ⬇️ vist.ly/537eq Cover featuring the article by Paprocki et al on how disease outbreaks may reshape the cost of migration ➡️ vist.ly/537em 📷 Neil Paprocki #birds #openaccess 🪶
Cover of the 2026 issue 2 of Journal of Avian Biology showing a rough-legged buzzard/hawk. Photo credit: Neil Paprocki.
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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Ray-finned fishes are famously diverse, but we know little about their brains or cranial endocasts. @rodrigoichthys.bsky.social opens this black box with a dice-CT survey of 86 species across the actinopt tree of life. #OA in @royalsocietypublishing.org 🐟🧠 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
Figure of radial phylogeny featuring colored branches and tips representing brain-to-endocranial cavity correlation and endocast complexity. Select endocasts (rendered as semitransparent gray) and brains (rendered in peach) are shown for some terminals. They show substantial variation in shape and the degree of brain:endocast correspondence.

From Figueroa & Pierce (2026) Proc Biol Sci 293 (2070): 20253277 .
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3277

Shared under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The Poynter Institute @poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The wait is over. 🏆Congratulations to the 2026 #Pulitzer Prize winners – from scrappy local newsrooms to moving immigration coverage, we’ve put together a full list of the distinguished winners and finalists. Read it now: www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...
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Here are the winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes - Poynter
Details and links to this year’s recipients of American journalism’s highest honor
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iaptglobal @iaptglobal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The International Association for Plant Taxonomy mourns the passing of Dr. Peter H. Raven, whose extraordinary life transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden and helped shape botany as a truly global enterprise.
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Community✨ It’s time for nominations in the #PASEDB 🙋Nominate colleagues (or yourself)! Email Dr. Igor Schneider (igors@lsu.edu) @ischneider.bsky.social a short statement (~1 page) outlining the candidate’s: 1. History with the society 2. Contributions to EvoDevo 3. Why the nomitation
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MPI for Evolutionary Biology @mpi-evolbio.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
How do cell lineages evolve, and how does that shape trait evolution? Join our symposium Tracing Evolution Through Cell Lineages (Plön, 12–14 October). Hear perspectives from leading scientists and contribute with your own. Read more at: workshops.evolbio.mpg.de/event/145/ #EvoDevo #StemCell
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Roberto Márquez - Virginia Tech, USA 🐸 Webpage: www.biol.vt.edu/faculty/Marq...
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EvoDevo PanAm @evodevopanam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
✨A central mission of PASEDB is to foster networking, discussion, and a sense of community We want to highlight new #EvoDevo labs in Pan-America. In our first newsletter issue, we highlight: - Roberto Márquez - Anyi Mazo-Vargas @anyimv.bsky.social - Bruno Vellutini @bruvellu.bsky.social
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feña Palominos @fishfena.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Do you wanna learn about new labs researching #EvoDevo across the Americas? Check them out here! Frogs 🐸, butterflies 🦋 and cnidarians 🪼 #embryos
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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🔍 Take-home: genomic data are reshaping our understanding of Neotropical biogeography—highlighting the central role of the Atlantic Forest in generating plant diversity. (7/7) 👉 doi.org/q262 #PlantScience #Biogeography #Evolution #Neotropics #Phylogenomics
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Atlantic Forest Origins and Amazon Connections: The Evolutionary History of Adenocalymma
AbstractBackground and Aims. The Amazon and the Atlantic Forest are the most diverse tropical rainforests globally. They are separated by a “dry diagonal”
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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This month's GBE Highlight by SMBE @haorancai.bsky.social focuses on the recent paper by Bastian, Enard & Lartillot on the nearly neutral theory. "Bridging Micro- and Macroevolution: Phylogenomic Evidence for the Nearly Neutral Theory in Mammals" 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag074 #genome #evolution
GBE Highlight | Bridging Micro- and Macroevolution: Phylogenomic Evidence for the Nearly Neutral Theory in Mammals
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Julián A. Velasco @juvelas.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Dinámicas Evolutivas y de Diversificación en Regiones Montañosas Tropicales www.anoleannals.org/2026/04/19/d...
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Dinámicas Evolutivas y de Diversificación en Regiones Montañosas Tropicales
Al igual que cuando era estudiante de pregrado, me demoré un buen rato en decidir qué hacer para mi tesis doctoral, ya que tuve que replantear la mayor parte debido a la pandemia de COVID. Meses an…
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