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Rowan J. Schley

@rschley.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biologist enthralled by the superlative diversity of life in the tropics. Speciation | Hybridisation | Genome evolution | Biogeography | Ecology

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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
On Tuesday 1st of September, tune in to hear from these two exciting speakers! To join, find the link on our website.
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Integration of Speciation Seminar will be back on September 1st at 5pm CEST, with these two exciting speakers. The link will be posted soon on the IoS website. Please spread the word!
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Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Understanding how reproductive isolation evolves remains a central goal of speciation research. The increasing availability of genomic data has transformed the field, resulting in research dominated by genomic approaches, but is this a good thing? Here, this question is evaluated 👇🧪
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The identity crisis of speciation genomics
Abstract. Understanding how reproductive isolation (RI) evolves remains a central goal of speciation research. Quantifying RI is challenging, and researche
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Science Magazine @science.org · 02/07/2026
New research on Southeast Asian dipterocarps, the tallest tropical trees, shows that they adjust their hydraulic system as they grow tall, suggesting resilience to drought. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/4eOcwhy
The tallest 1% of trees store more than half the carbon in the world’s forests. It is widely assumed that height limits canopy hydration of tall trees; however, direct evidence that this happens for tall trees such as the Koompassia excelsa, shown here, is lacking. Research on Southeast Asian dipterocarps, the tallest tropical trees, shows that they adjust their hydraulic system as they grow tall, suggesting resilience to drought.

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Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Comparing reproductive isolation across species has been harder than it should be. The new Reproductive Isolation Ontology (RIO) provides a common framework to standardize RI estimates across the tree of life. academic.oup.com/evlett/advan...
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A standardised framework for classifying estimates of reproductive isolation
Abstract. Understanding reproductive isolation (RI) between lineages is a central goal of speciation research. While the strength of RI has been estimated
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Nature @nature.com · 14/05/2026
Nature research paper: Adaptive cellular evolution in the intestine of hyperdiverse cichlid fishes go.nature.com/4dmFofX
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Adaptive cellular evolution in the intestine of hyperdiverse cichlid fishes - Nature
Single-cell transcriptomics combined with morphological and ecological data show that the rapid evolutionary radiation of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika was accompanied by dietary specialization across multiple layers of biological organization.
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Rowan J. Schley @rschley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Super excited to hear about speciation in the most biodiverse environments on Earth - tropical rainforests 🌿 and coral reefs 🐠 👉 To attend, find the link on the IoS website speciation-network.pages.ist.ac.at/seminar-seri... (and note the time change to 10am CEST)!
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Seminar series
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
For our next seminar we'll move onto a new theme: "Ecological and Geographical Axes of Speciation" featuring talks by @ingridolivares.bsky.social and Dr. Alexandre Siqueira. 👉 To attend, find the link on our website and note the time change to 10am CEST!
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Joana Meier @joanameier.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
New PLOS Biology paper arising from a collaboration between us at the Sanger/U Cambridge and the U York and Sheffield, and many more collaborators across the Americas and Europe. Regulatory changes in the same genes (optix, ivory) led to the same colour patterns in mimetic butterflies and moths.
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happening today: the final "Early Career Researchers in Speciation" seminar! This session features talks by Aryeh Miller on Anolis lizards 🦎 and @rishidekayne.bsky.social on speciation research in industry 📊 + we'll hear from Dr Mariana Braga in the careers Q&A ✋ 👉 find the link on our website
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Last couple of days to apply for this postdoctoral research position in my group working on the population genomics of serotine bats in the UK and Lyssavirus transmission at the University of Exeter. Job reference: Q13679 🦇🧬🧪🌍🌐 eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Workshop Announcement: We’re hosting a second in-person workshop from *7–11 December 2026* at the Scottish Centre for Ecology & the Natural Environment (near Glasgow)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In brief, the aim is to populate a database on RI 👩‍💻 To apply, please fill out this form by *May 20th*: forms.gle/ZJoqtwxDhT5g...
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IOS Speciation Network Workshop - December 2026
ESEB-funded Special Topic Network, Integration Of Speciation Research (IOS) is organizing a workshop to be held later this year (7th to 11th December 2026) at the Scottish Centre for Ecology & the Nat...
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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We just published a review 🗞️😁: ‘The ecology of adaptive radiation’ revisited: A 25-year reflection Dolph Schluter’s book inspired the interest in adaptive radiation, and we wanted to revisit it. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a... 1/5 🧵
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Luke Dunning @luketdunning.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Come and join us!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ547/r...
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Research Associate - Plant Phylogenomics at University of Sheffield
Apply for the Research Associate - Plant Phylogenomics role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🚨🚨Job Alert 🦇🚨🚨 Come to join my group! We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in population genomics and bioinformatics to work on the UK serotine bats and Lyssavirus transmission project with APHA. 18 months project based @exeter.ac.uk 🦇🧪🌍🌐🧬 jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We are thrilled to announce the next ECR (and apparently butterfly)-themed session of the Integration of Speciation seminar, featuring @charlottewright.bsky.social and @thymelicus.bsky.social + careers Q&A with Dr Sally Potter. Find the link on the Ios website & mailing list.
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Integration of Speciation (ESEB Special Topic Network) @speciation-network.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
On March 3rd @ 5pm CET, we are re-starting the Integration of speciation seminar series! The first 3 sessions feature talks by *Early-Career Researchers*, and include a Q&A with an established PI about their career path. Sign up to get the link: speciation-network.pages.ist.ac.at/seminar-seri...
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Jan Hackel @janhackel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Postdoc position with me at Stockholm University – phylogenomics and evolution of fire adaptations in Malagasy Erica : www.su.se/english/divi...
Symbolic image showing a flowering Erica shrub next to a wildfire image
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Rowan J. Schley @rschley.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🌿Excited to share our new study in New Phytologist! 🌿 Polyploidy is a major force in plant evolution, but is understudied in the tropics. We find that polyploidy evolved multiple times in Inga, a characteristic Neotropical tree radiation (1/n) 🧵. Full paper🔗: tinyurl.com/msnffhs8
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Allowing proportion (or alpha) to be free in our models allows us to use nQuack to estimate mode of inheritance - which is exactly what @rschley.bsky.social did in our new paper. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... (4/n)
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The frequency and importance of polyploidy in tropical rainforest tree radiations
The presence of two or more copies of the genome in an organism, termed ‘polyploidy’, is a crucial force in plant evolution, generating genetic, phenotypic and ecological diversity. The Amazonian tr...
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New paper just posted with @rschley.bsky.social et al: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... (1/n)
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The frequency and importance of polyploidy in tropical rainforest tree radiations
The presence of two or more copies of the genome in an organism, termed ‘polyploidy’, is a crucial force in plant evolution, generating genetic, phenotypic and ecological diversity. The Amazonian tr...
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Updated tutorials for nQuack today. Want to predict ploidy level of sequence data? See this new tutorial on how to process and model data faster: mlgaynor.com/nQuack/artic...
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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Advances in computational methods for inferring networks from #genome-scale data and guidelines for deriving biological insights from #phylogenetic networks www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Phylogenetic networks empower biodiversity research | PNAS
Reticulate evolution has long been recognized as a key mechanism that contributes to genetic and trait diversity. With the widespread availability ...
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Christopher Dick @chrisdick.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...
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Open Positions
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Toby Pennington @tobypennington.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Important new paper on dynamics of seasonally dry tropical forests in Peru
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Everyone should read this. I met Dan Janzen when he gave a lecture to @biology.ox.ac.uk I think in the late '80s. I spoke to him afterwards and he said, you know we could save all of the rainforest with a ten cent levy on every cup of coffee sold worldwide.... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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José Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New publication out! 🆕 📤 "No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts" mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #TransposableElements #Speciation #AdaptiveRadiation #Genomics
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No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts - Mobile DNA
Transposable elements (TEs) have been hypothesized to play a pivotal role in driving diversification by facilitating the emergence of novel phenotypes and the accumulation of divergence between specie...
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Rowan J. Schley @rschley.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🌳⚠️Out now in Systematic Biology⚠️🌳 We find rampant reticulation in Inga, the blindingly rapid Amazonian tree radiation! ⚡ BONUS: We also find introgression and selection on genes underlying chemical defences, helping Ingas resist relentless insect herbivory 🐛☠️🌳 academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan...
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Rampant Reticulation in a Rapid Radiation of Tropical Trees -Insights from Inga (Fabaceae)
Abstract. Evolutionary radiations underlie much of the species diversity of life on Earth, particularly within the world’s most species-rich tree flora – t
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Rowan J. Schley @rschley.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Check out our new paper led by the amazing @benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social in @science.org, exploring how the extraordinary diversity of Asian rattan palms was assembled 🌴
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