#evolutionarybiology — Public Fediverse posts
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Bacteriophages are the most abundant and diverse viral entities on Earth, functioning as microscopic apex predators that exist exclusively to infect, replicate within, and ultimately lyse bacterial populations.
#WhatIs #Virology #Microbiology #EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularBiology #Biophysics #Biogeochemistry #ClinicalImmunology #sflorg
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How does social complexity drive the evolution of communication—and vice versa? 🧠🐝
New Open Research Topic: "#Coevolution of #Social #Communication Systems and Social #Complexity" (#Frontiers).
We're looking for contributions using:
- #Empirical and #comparative studies testing the forms and functions of communication across modalities (chemical, acoustic, visual, tactile, electrical)
- Frameworks focusing on the evolution of #language and/or #sociality
- #Quantitative and #computational #frameworks
- #NetworkBasedAnalyses
- #InformationTheoreticMeasures and #MachineLearning approaches
- Formal #MathematicalModelling of #SenderReceiver dynamicsFrom #ResourceDefence to #MateChoice or #CollectiveDecisionMaking: how do #ecological and social pressures shape #signalling?
Deadline: 31 Jan 2027. More information here:
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/77760/coevolution-of-social-communication-systems-and-social-complexity#EvolutionaryBiology #Ethology #OpenScience #ComplexSystems #Frontiers
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So if I understood this article correctly, the key conclusion is this - metamorphosis was not the condition for moving onto land?
The traditional picture was:
Tetrapods could leave water because they first evolved a tadpole-like larval stage and then metamorphosed.
The new interpretation suggested by these fossils is closer to:
Tetrapods gradually adapted to land over evolutionary time, and they probably did not need a frog-like metamorphosis to do it.
In other words, metamorphosis was probably not a prerequisite for terrestrial life. Instead, the transition from water to land appears to have been a long, gradual evolutionary process affecting the whole life cycle, rather than depending on a distinct larval stage.
Analogy of two possible scenarios:
Old model
- Young live in water.
- Undergo a major developmental transition.
- Adults become adapted to life on land.
New model
- Young and adults share the same basic body plan.
- Land adaptations accumulate gradually over millions of years (generations).
So the narrative shifts from:
Metamorphosis enabled the move onto land
to:
The move onto land happened gradually, and amphibian-style metamorphosis likely evolved later as a specialized adaptation.
https://www.404media.co/a-new-fossil-discovery-just-rewrote-150-years-of-evolutionary-theory
#Biology #Evolutionary #EvolutionaryBiology #Fossil #Discovery #Metamorphosis #Tetrapods #Science
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal networks are vast underground systems that form symbiotic relationships with the majority of Earth's plant species, exchanging water and nutrients for plant-fixed carbon. A recent global mapping effort revealed these living infrastructures possess a total length of approximately 110 quadrillion kilometers and a mass of roughly 300 megatons of carbon.
#Mycology #SoilEcology #Biogeochemistry #EvolutionaryBiology #sflorg
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"We are looking for a Practical #Lecturer who can strengthen our #Biology Lecturers team involved in teaching students in various degree programmes in #LifeSciences. This position is a temporary replacement due to pregnancy for the duration of 6 months.
You will be involved in the organization and running of practicals in the Bachelor programmes Biology and Life #Science & Technology, with a focus on practicals related to #evolutionarybiology and #biomedicalsciences."
Apply before 18/6 #job
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🧬 New publication!
Excited to introduce DupyliCate, an automated tool for the identification, classification, and characterization of gene duplications. Designed for high-throughput analyses across diverse species, it supports comparative genomics and evolutionary studies.
📄 Paper: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-55350-x
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #EvolutionaryBiology #ScientificReports #OpenScience
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This week's #NewBooks at the library:
- I finally bought #TerryGoodkind's "The Children of D'Hara" bundle from Head of Zeus to replace the individual novellas I had.
- Plus a second-hand copy of James Delbourgo's "Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of #HansSloane" from Allen Lane.
- and a second-hand copy of "Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose?" by the ever-thoughtful Michael Ruse, published by Harvard University Press.#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Fantasy #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology @bookstodon
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🦖🔬 Oh, look! Another professor with a fancy title and a book to sell thinks he can rewrite the entire evolutionary playbook. Meanwhile, #orcas are branching out like #hipsters with niche diets. Spoiler alert: science is always moving, Kevin, but thanks for the whale facts. 🙄📚
https://aeon.co/essays/science-in-flux-is-a-revolution-brewing-in-evolutionary-theory #evolutionarybiology #sciencecommunication #nicheideas #academiccritique #HackerNews #ngated -
Our field team has a new account, you can follow us at @teamlizard.bsky.social #TeamLizard #lizards #reptiles #viviparouslizard #Zootocavivipara #science #research #fieldwork #zoology #ecology #herpetology #EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularBiology #viviparity #oviparity #ReproductiveMode #ParityMode
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“There’s been a selection, a choosing of which remains to publish, and which not. No one has the right to do that!”
The dark side of paleoanthropology.
#PaleoAnthropology #HumanOrigins #EvolutionaryBiology #Hominins #Toumai #Sahelanthropus #Fossils #MichelBrunet #ScientificControversy #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #RobertoMacchiarelli #Chad #AudeBergeret #UniversityofPoitiers #UniversiteDePoitiers
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Judith Rosen is opening The First International Conferencia on Anticipatory Systems #bio #biology #philsci #complexity #Rosen #comp #phy #sci #science #theory #TheoryOfMind #theory #mind #psy #psychology #epidemiology #medicine #ecology #evo #evolution #evolutionarybiology #evo
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#MichaelRuse - Why #PhilosophyOfBiology?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciCkv6r2Whc
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #Biology #Evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #DNA #MolecularBiology #DoubleHelix #ThomasKuhn #Paradigm #Paradigms #Darwin #Genetics #Populations #PopulationGenetics #Teleology #GAIAHypothesis #GAIA #GMO #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
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We used #outlieranalysis and #telemetry and found that migration success of Atlantic #salmon depended on genotype. See what you think:
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.15.553252v1
(boosts welcome, first time I’ve properly tried to share some science since the other place)#EvolutionaryBiology
#FishSci
#smolt
#AnimalMigration
#SNPmarkers
#salmonid
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Now published in Peer Community Journal, #evolutionarybiology section: "Facultative #parthenogenesis: a transient state in transitions between sex and obligate asexuality in #stickinsects?" https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.283
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#introduction
hei,
finally found my way :)
great to see the #evolution and #ecology community here!
hope to share some of our research taking place at the #UniversityOfHelsinki on #EcoEvolutionaryModelling, #ExperimentalEvolution, #genetics of #adaptation, and #ComputerModelling in #EvolutionaryBiology, with a focus on genetics of #ComplexTraits, #QuantitativeGenetics, and #PopulationGenetics, not forgetting #EcoEvolutionaryDynamics.