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Peter Price

@petedp.bsky.social
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Postdoc in the Wright lab at TUoS focused on the evolution of sex.

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Peter Price @petedp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📣 Searching for a PostDoc! 📣 Soon to be moving to San Sebastian, Spain, as @georgiamneuro.bsky.social starts her new position 🎉. Looking for a remote/hybrid position within ecoevo. Broad interests in sexual selection, mutation rates, genomic conflicts and gametogenesis. Get in touch!
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Peter Price @petedp.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Very excited to see our work finally out in GBE. We explored the evolution of a sex-linked supergene finding evidence that recombination suppression may have led to relaxation of selection, suggesting that whilst adaptive, supergenes may bear molecular costs. doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
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Molecular Evolution of a Sex-Linked Inversion Polymorphism in Zebra Finches
Abstract. Recent years have seen an explosion in examples of supergenes, where recombination is suppressed between haplotypes, often via inversion polymorp
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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@petedp.bsky.social et al. explore the molecular evolution of the A and B haplotypes of a large, sex-linked inversion polymorphism in the zebra finch responsible for most of the genetic variation in sperm morphology. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag056 #genome #societyjournal
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Molecular Evolution of a Sex-Linked Inversion Polymorphism in Zebra Finches
Abstract. Recent years have seen an explosion in examples of supergenes, where recombination is suppressed between haplotypes, often via inversion polymorp
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Collins et al. combined expression, methylation, and genomic data to investigate long-term persistence of laterally acquired genes in the grass Alloteropsis, showing that those capable of regulating their own expression are more likely to persist. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag042 #evobio #molbio
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Regulatory features determine the evolutionary fate of laterally acquired genes in plants
Abstract. Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is widespread in eukaryotes, including in animals and plants where it can fuel adaptive evolution and innovation. How
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Stu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Strange discovery that an email about inclusive fitness was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein, with the emailer quoting Jerusalem and comparing themself to Einstein. Are you one of the >100 evolutionary biologists now in the Epstein files? www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Bioinformatics Advances @bioinfoadv.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🧬 Just out in Bioinformatics Advances: "OMAnnotator: A novel approach to building an annotated consensus genome sequence".  Full article available: doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbag015  Authors include: @dessimoz.bsky.social, @whynevers.bsky.social
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Flo Camus @fcamus.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It was an honour to talk at PopGroup! Thanks to the organisers for making it a very memorable event 🥳
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POPGROUP59 @popgroup2026.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
French Cèilidh at #popgroup59 #ppg59 #pgg59
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Alison Wright @alielw.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬 We are currently advertising two #PhD projects to study the #evolution, #development and #genomics of sexual traits in stalk-eyed flies. Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Bourne et al. analyzed immune receptor gene repertoires of 15 domesticated crop species, showing that grapes, mandarins, rice, barley, and yellow sarson exhibit reduced immune receptor gene repertoires compared to wild counterparts. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf147 #genome #evolution #PlantSky
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Domestication Reduces Plant Immune Receptor Gene Repertoires Across Lineages
Abstract. Plant domestication is sometimes associated with a reduction in the diversity of immune receptor genes, critical for pathogen recognition and def
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Peter Price @petedp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Proud to see our work finally out exploring spermatogenesis, X-chromosome activity and meiotic drive in the stalk-eyed fly! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics... #scRNAseq #Evolution #Selfishgene @plos.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social @nerc-eof.bsky.social
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Single-cell consequences of X-linked meiotic drive in stalk-eyed flies
Author summary Meiotic drivers, a class of selfish gene, are frequently located on sex chromosomes and have dramatic impacts on gamete development. However, our understanding of their molecular conseq...
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Georgia Milne @georgiamneuro.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Excited to share our new preprint... ...𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒! ⏳ We find temporal confounds in fMRI that emulate neural patterns of perceptual learning. These can be hard to spot with conventional RSA, but may influence our understanding of how prior knowledge shapes perception. tinyurl.com/4bwy6nre
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Vicencio Oostra @climate-adaptation.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Goodbye #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social see you next time! Perhaps what stuck most was powerful talk on resilience and survival by Palestinian researcher, play director, and ESEB EUEA awardee May Shehady. Let's not forget, let's not look away. 🇵🇸
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Nicola Nadeau @nicolanadeau.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Good representation of evolutionary biologists from @sheffielduni.bsky.social at @eseb2025.bsky.social also a chance to meet up with many more past colleagues.
7 people outside the conference venue
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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
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