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raphmercier.bsky.social @raphmercier.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An impressive new paper from Kejian Wang’s lab: MiMe+HUAXU=full-penetrant apomixis www.vita-journal.com/vita/EN/10.1... Self-propagating hybrids are a reality!

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Peter van Dijk @peter-van-dijk.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The Father of Genetics Was Also a Rebel. Gregor Mendel repeatedly challenged the Church and the state, voted Liberal when no other church leader in Moravia did, and refused to pay what he considered an unjust tax until his death. Read the full post on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-...

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is turning 20! 🎉 We’re starting celebrations with a special anniversary blog series #BHLat20: Treasures from BHL, featuring remarkable works chosen by the people who know them best: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/03/cele... #ILoveBHL

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

BABYBOOM-like expression in the cowpea egg and central cellenables parthenogenesis, endosperm development, and viable haploid seed formation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Peter van Dijk @peter-van-dijk.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

RIP James Watson (1928–2025). Co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, and a complicated legacy. Crick and Watson first shared the news at The Eagle pub in Cambridge, home of “DNA ale.”

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Peter van Dijk @peter-van-dijk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

A new bioRxiv preprint reports that a team from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has synthesised fully penetrant apomictic hybrid rice — a potential game changer for breeding. doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Apomixis #HybridRice #PlantBreeding #Agriculture

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

🌱 Help secure the future of the Biodiversity Heritage Library! 🙏 Your donation will keep biodiversity knowledge open, connected, and growing, and fund the dedicated staff who make it all possible. 📖 👩‍💻 🌱 🌏 🧪 🔗 Donate: ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/BHLDona... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL

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Peter van Dijk @peter-van-dijk.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Just returned from the Apomixis Congress in Montpellier. #Apomixis, clonal seeds, allows one-step fixation of genetically complex traits, including heterosis. So exciting to see the progress. The next apomixis meeting will be in two years in Perugia. Curious to see where the science will be by then.

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Charlie Underwood @charlieunderwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Looking forward to discuss latest results on Apomixis at the 5th international Apomixis conference in Montpellier this week: www.alphavisa.com/apomixis/2025/

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APOMIXIS 2025 - 16-19 September 2025 - Montpellier, France

V International Conference on Apomixis 2025 - 9-12 September 2025 - Mercure - Montpellier - France

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The Meselson and Stahl experiment demonstrated in 1958 that DNA replicated semi-conservatively. Meaning, each of the two strands of DNA serves as a template for a new copy to made of the complementary strand. Foundational finding, elegant experimental design.

The Meselson-Stahl Experiment, diagrammed to show the three possible outcomes: conservative, dispersive or semi-conservative.

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 01/07/2025

@keygene.com is hiring, for its research team in the USA, an experienced and passionate PhD-level scientist who will support plant innovation research at the interface of plant breeding & molecular biology. Working autonomously and in changing project teams. www.keygene.com/career/phd-s...

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

📢 The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter – and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. We’re seeking new hosts for BHL’s staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles 159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist) 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature

Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...

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Peter van Dijk @peter-van-dijk.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Bringing together the three giants of 19th-century biology with ChatGPT: Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and Louis Pasteur. Of them, Mendel remains the most enigmatic. Noel Ellis and I are writing a new book exploring his legacy: Mendel’s Genetics: Heredity, Hybrids and History. Expected early 2026.

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Silvia Manrique @tank-silvia.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🧪 I know it sounds like a cliché but I am TRULY AND UTTERLY THRILLED that this work from my postdoc at #unimi is out. SPL/NZZ is a very important gene (it initiates sporogenesis) but a very mysterious one. 🧵 1/8

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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Dr. Justine Beaulieu is an excellent Agricultural Scientist who was serving our country evaluating risk for importing plant material into the US. She was illegally fired in Musk's purge just days before giving birth. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...

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Video Former USDA employee terminated days before her due date

Justine Beaulieu was impacted by the Trump layoffs days before she was due to give birth, losing her maternity leave and her health insurance in limbo.

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Charlie Underwood @charlieunderwood.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Our new review article “To infinity and beyond: recent progress, bottlenecks, and potential of clonal seeds by apomixis” is now published open access in @theplantjournal.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... @ribesresearch.bsky.social

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Christina Areizaga Barbieri, Ph.D. @cabarbieri.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

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Peter van Dijk @peter-van-dijk.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Today, Noel Ellis and I submitted the manuscript for our 2025 book Mendel’s Genetics: Hybrids, Heredity, and History to the publisher. Biological insights and new historical sources deepen our understanding of Gregor Mendel in his time.

Plate on the Brno school where Gregor Mendel taught physics and natural history and the Natural Sciences Society held monthly meetings.

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