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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New research from @biouea.bsky.social has shown that giving females multiple males to mate with, rather than just one, could help make species more resistant to extinction 🪲 Learn more: bit.ly/4xPRZ4s #ResearchMatters #NewStudy

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David S Richardson @david-s-richardson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Can sex help save species? Our new paper in PNAS suggests it can. lnkd.in/esc4fidf www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a... Implications for evolution and conservation @mdpointer.bsky.social @nashalselection.bsky.social @alexeimaklakov.bsky.social

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🎙️🔊📻 New Heredity Podcast A team from universities in Connecticut talks about their use of pangenomes to examine the status of mink populations in Florida, and an innovative programme that's training the next generation of researchers. Listen: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod... Or in your podcast app

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

📻 🔊New Heredity Podcast ! Genetics Society Vice President Jonathan Pettitt @genotripe.bsky.social discusses what Heredity's publication revenue is used for, and the scientific community benefits of publishing in society journals. Listen here: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod... or in your podcast app

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📻🎙️🔊 New podcast! Student paper prize winner Eléonore Lavanchy talks about: 1. Her work 2. European Barn Owls 3. Inbreeding 4. Deciding if she was being scammed, or if she'd really won the prize! 👂 shorturl.at/rcF2F @dee-unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss @fbm-unil.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New Heredity Podcast! 🎙️ 📻 🔊 In the second episode from @popgroup2026.bsky.social in Lille, plenary speakers @clairemerot.bsky.social & Denis Roze tell us about their talks and their experience at the conference. 👂 Listen here: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod... @gensocuk.bsky.social

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🎧 📻 New Heredity Podcast Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them! 👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🎙️ New podcast! We often hear that invasive species are bad for ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem fuzzy. We hear from @naikasanuchara.bsky.social and @carolboggs.bsky.social about their study system, where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly.

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🎙️ 📻 New Heredity Podcast! We talk with @caitismuheil.bsky.social and Jessica McNeill about their work showing the sensitivity of meiosis to temperature and what this might mean for populations in a warming world. @ncstate.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social Episode: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

In the new Heredity Podcast: Katja Guschanski @kguschan.bsky.social discusses using microbiome fossils from teeth to study antibiotic resistance through time! And her first Popgroup. @gensocuk.bsky.social @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social @onehealthgenomics.bsky.social @animecol-uu.bsky.social

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