Reposted by Sam SturialeRenjie Zhang @renjiezhang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Congrats Jack!! 🦗🧬 So excited to see this one out—fantastic work! This work investigates how cricket populations have adapted at the genomic level following the introduction of the parasitoid fly and show how this novel selective pressure has shaped both population structure and genetic variation. 21511
Reposted by Sam SturialeAmerican Naturalist / ASN 🐌 @asn-amnat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Weiss et al. use field observations, experiments, and simulations to demonstrate that periodical cicada nymphs use skototaxis (orientation and movement towards dark objects), to march unerringly to their molting trees at night. Read now ahead of print! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 043
Reposted by Sam SturialebioRxiv Ecology @biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Different transcriptional responses to developmental versus short-term acclimation temperatures in Pieris rapae www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 023
Reposted by Sam SturialeJack Rayner @jackrayner.bsky.social · 04/09/2025We have a preprint out for our study testing conditions/signatures of repeated adaptation in multiple wild cricket populations. Feedback welcome! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgGenomic signatures of local adaptation across parasitised cricket populationsHost-parasite interactions are predicted to exhibit geographic heterogeneity, creating the opportunity for local adaptation. This is difficult to detect because it requires knowledge of selection pres... 193