Evolution. He/him/his. Views not my own. 🐵🦄🏳️🌈👨🔬🍜
The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social
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#NatMicroPicks A network like none other! 🌍🍄 Global data and modeling estimates that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form extensive underground networks that play a major role in plant carbon–nutrient exchange #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global density and biomass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networksArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form symbioses with ~70% of plant species, building hyphal networks that exchange nutrients for host-derived carbon. These tubular networks move ~1 billion metric tons of ...www.science.org
Is disease just a cost of social life, or can it shape the evolution of social life itself? New research from @mingpapilio.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social suggests social immunity can be both a result of cooperation and a force that promotes larger, more complex societies 👇
Disease can shape the evolution of social lifebit.lySocial insects tackle pathogens with behaviours like grooming and the removal of infected individuals. These behaviours facilitate the evolution of larger more complex societies. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @mingpapilio.bsky.social @georgeshillcock.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social
Social immunity can be a consequence and cause of social evolution | PNASMany social insects respond to pathogens in ways that reduce pathogen transmission
within their social groups, with behaviors such as grooming or r...www.pnas.org
New paper is out! Disease is often seen as a cost of social life. But can it also shape how complex societies evolve? Here, we use mathematical models to study social immunity: collective disease defence in ants, termites, bees and other group-living insects. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...www.pnas.orgMasturbation in pet birds is natural and shouldn't be punished. A new study led by @unilancashire.bsky.social and coauthored by Oxford's @matildabrindle.bsky.social say vets and owners should be reassured that it is not the consequence of captivity, but common. Read more:
Masturbation in pet birds is natural and should not be punishedbit.lyThoughtful review of The Paradox of the Organism book homunculusmusic.wordpress.com/2026/05/30/i... @tomwscott.bsky.social
Is the organism a paradox?I’m reading The Paradox of the Organism, a set of collected essays on this notion edited by Arvid Ågren and Manus M. Patten. It’s tremendously enlightening. It is also pretty consistent with the st…homunculusmusic.wordpress.com
Why do sex chromosomes stop recombining? New models show even weak sexual antagonism can strongly drive recombination suppression, with mating systems shaping the outcome. By @ewanflintham.bsky.social and @charlesmullon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/evle...
Sexual antagonism, mating systems, and recombination suppression on sex chromosomesAbstract. The suppression of recombination between sex chromosomes is a widespread feature of genetic sex determination systems. Competing explanations fordoi.org
We’re hiring for OrthoFinder! Great role for someone who enjoys scientific software development: Python, data analysis, workflows, Git, scalability, and making tools nicer to use. Comparative genomics or open-source bioinformatics experience would be a lovely bonus. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Detailsmy.corehr.comExcited to be part of this ambitious project newly published in BES. I hope we see microbes stealing a piece of this pie in ten years time! 🦠💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 Thanks to @tcmbakker.bsky.social and James Traniello for the invitation and co-author @stuwest.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Theo BakkerRead the vision of 39 prominent scientists to the future of behavioral ecology and sociobiology in our latest editorial. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 80:64. doi.org/10.1007/s002...
