In the WALII Symposium I provided insights of how our recent research on #seedmaturation #phylotranscriptomics is helping us to explore the link between seed #development & plasticity, including regulation and #evolution of #desiccationtolerance.
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
Thank you to everyone who made our inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water a success! 🎉
Videos from some of our 4 Invited Speakers and 12 Contributed Speakers are now available on our YouTube channel! Be sure to check it out at the link below!
www.youtube.com/@WaterandLif...
Videos from some of our 4 Invited Speakers and 12 Contributed Speakers are now available on our YouTube channel! Be sure to check it out at the link below!
www.youtube.com/@WaterandLif...
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
In the WALII Symposium I provided insights of how our recent research on #seedmaturation #phylotranscriptomics is helping us to explore the link between seed #development & plasticity, including regulation and #evolution of #desiccationtolerance.
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys)
Abstract. Ophrys orchids (or bee orchids) provide an outstanding example of a plant adaptive radiation. Over the last 5 million years, this genus has diver
academic.oup.com
September 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698074v1
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698074v1
Excited to finally see this super fun collaboration out in the world, with @jacanamama.bsky.social @rosvall-lab.bsky.social and many others!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylotranscriptomics reveals convergent behavioral evolution associated with shared and unique mechanisms in cavity-nesting songbirds
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
February 15, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Excited to finally see this super fun collaboration out in the world, with @jacanamama.bsky.social @rosvall-lab.bsky.social and many others!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylotranscriptomics & genome size #evolution in #Leucaena (Fabaceae): Paleotetraploid genomic stability overshadows diploidization & environmental effects
New #AJB research by Alex Abair, Ashley Egan, Brittany Bugg, et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #polyploidy
New #AJB research by Alex Abair, Ashley Egan, Brittany Bugg, et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #polyploidy
March 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Phylotranscriptomics & genome size #evolution in #Leucaena (Fabaceae): Paleotetraploid genomic stability overshadows diploidization & environmental effects
New #AJB research by Alex Abair, Ashley Egan, Brittany Bugg, et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #polyploidy
New #AJB research by Alex Abair, Ashley Egan, Brittany Bugg, et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #polyploidy
Hidden diversity and host specificity of Cladocopium symbionts revealed by phylotranscriptomics in giant sea anemones. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
September 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Hidden diversity and host specificity of Cladocopium symbionts revealed by phylotranscriptomics in giant sea anemones. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
*phylotranscriptomics
May 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
*phylotranscriptomics
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698074v1
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698074v1
Vandenabeele et al. show that the numerous phylogenetic incongruences among gene tree topologies in orchids result from pervasive ILS, over which stand out several well-supported, ancient and potentially adaptive gene flow events between lineages.
🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#societyjournal
🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#societyjournal
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys)
Abstract. Ophrys orchids (or bee orchids) provide an outstanding example of a plant adaptive radiation. Over the last 5 million years, this genus has diver
academic.oup.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Vandenabeele et al. show that the numerous phylogenetic incongruences among gene tree topologies in orchids result from pervasive ILS, over which stand out several well-supported, ancient and potentially adaptive gene flow events between lineages.
🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#societyjournal
🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
#societyjournal
Cool study on Mediterranean Ophrys:
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys)
Vandenabeele et al.
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys)
Vandenabeele et al.
doi.org/10.64898/202...
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Cool study on Mediterranean Ophrys:
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys)
Vandenabeele et al.
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys)
Vandenabeele et al.
doi.org/10.64898/202...
And the old paper with @ostratodd.bsky.social
And the book chapter books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
And the fossil paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
And the book chapter books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
And the fossil paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Phylotranscriptomics to Bring the Understudied into the Fold: Monophyletic Ostracoda, Fossil Placement, and Pancrustacean Phylogeny
Abstract. An ambitious, yet fundamental goal for comparative biology is to understand the evolutionary relationships for all of life. However, many importa
academic.oup.com
September 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
And the old paper with @ostratodd.bsky.social
And the book chapter books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
And the fossil paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
And the book chapter books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
And the fossil paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
One of my earliest papers was about them, via @ostratodd.bsky.social !
We will hopefully be publishing more ostracod work together in the future...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
We will hopefully be publishing more ostracod work together in the future...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Phylotranscriptomics to Bring the Understudied into the Fold: Monophyletic Ostracoda, Fossil Placement, and Pancrustacean Phylogeny
Abstract. An ambitious, yet fundamental goal for comparative biology is to understand the evolutionary relationships for all of life. However, many importa
academic.oup.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
One of my earliest papers was about them, via @ostratodd.bsky.social !
We will hopefully be publishing more ostracod work together in the future...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
We will hopefully be publishing more ostracod work together in the future...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698074v1
January 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Phylotranscriptomics Allows Distinguishing Major Gene Flow Events from Incomplete Lineage Sorting in Rapidly Diversifying Mimetic Orchids (Genus Ophrys) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698074v1
We've had this pre-print up for a few months now, but just made a big revision and new journal submission, so I'm excited to re-share! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylotranscriptomics reveals convergent behavioral evolution associated with shared and unique mechanisms in cavity-nesting songbirds
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
July 24, 2024 at 11:24 PM
We've had this pre-print up for a few months now, but just made a big revision and new journal submission, so I'm excited to re-share! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Phylotranscriptomics reveals convergent behavioral evolution associated with shared and unique mechanisms in cavity-nesting songbirds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.13.580205v1
Phylotranscriptomics reveals convergent behavioral evolution associated with shared and unique mechanisms in cavity-nesting songbirds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.13.580205v1
Uncovering the genomic bases of phenotypic adaptation is a major goal in biology, but this has been
www.biorxiv.org
February 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Phylotranscriptomics reveals convergent behavioral evolution associated with shared and unique mechanisms in cavity-nesting songbirds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.13.580205v1
Hidden diversity and host specificity of Cladocopium symbionts revealed by phylotranscriptomics in giant sea anemones. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
September 18, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Hidden diversity and host specificity of Cladocopium symbionts revealed by phylotranscriptomics in giant sea anemones. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
Hidden diversity and host specificity of Cladocopium symbionts revealed by phylotranscriptomics in giant sea anemones. #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
September 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Hidden diversity and host specificity of Cladocopium symbionts revealed by phylotranscriptomics in giant sea anemones. #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.16.749314v1
The "wrong" was where @ostratodd.bsky.social (and me) found barnacles and copepods were each other's closest relatives, and we named that group Hexanauplia. The new findings for copepods contradict this. These are hard questions, so we may learn more in the future!
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Phylotranscriptomics to Bring the Understudied into the Fold: Monophyletic Ostracoda, Fossil Placement, and Pancrustacean Phylogeny
Abstract. An ambitious, yet fundamental goal for comparative biology is to understand the evolutionary relationships for all of life. However, many importa
academic.oup.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The "wrong" was where @ostratodd.bsky.social (and me) found barnacles and copepods were each other's closest relatives, and we named that group Hexanauplia. The new findings for copepods contradict this. These are hard questions, so we may learn more in the future!
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Long ago I published on ostracods with @ostratodd.bsky.social
Really enjoy their funny look and hope to work on them again sometime
Really enjoy their funny look and hope to work on them again sometime
Phylotranscriptomics to Bring the Understudied into the Fold: Monophyletic Ostracoda, Fossil Placeme...
Abstract. An ambitious, yet fundamental goal for comparative biology is to understand the evolutionary relationships for all of life. However, many important ta
academic.oup.com
September 26, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Long ago I published on ostracods with @ostratodd.bsky.social
Really enjoy their funny look and hope to work on them again sometime
Really enjoy their funny look and hope to work on them again sometime
The earliest allopolyploidization in tracheophytes revealed by phylotranscriptomics and morphology of Selaginellaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.08.574748v1
The earliest allopolyploidization in tracheophytes revealed by phylotranscriptomics and morphology of Selaginellaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.08.574748v1
Selaginellaceae exhibit extraordinary evolutionary history in which they survived and thrived during
www.biorxiv.org
January 9, 2024 at 8:38 PM
The earliest allopolyploidization in tracheophytes revealed by phylotranscriptomics and morphology of Selaginellaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.08.574748v1
🧪🧬interesting (despite lack of access to the publication). Is there any overlap 🖥️of phylogenomics and phylotransciptomics as they relate to the putative house keeping Genes ? (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)
Is Phylotranscriptomics as Reliable as Phylogenomics?
Phylogenomics, the study of phylogenetic relationships among taxa based on their genome sequences, has emerged as the preferred phylogenetic method because of the wealth of phylogenetic information contained in genome sequences. Genome sequencing, ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM
🧪🧬interesting (despite lack of access to the publication). Is there any overlap 🖥️of phylogenomics and phylotransciptomics as they relate to the putative house keeping Genes ? (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...)
Phylotranscriptomics suggests the jawed vertebrate ancestor could generate diverse helper and regulatory T cell subsets https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-018-1290-2 #bmcevolbiol
February 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Phylotranscriptomics suggests the jawed vertebrate ancestor could generate diverse helper and regulatory T cell subsets https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-018-1290-2 #bmcevolbiol
Is Phylotranscriptomics as Reliable as Phylogenomics? https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/37/12/3672/5870839#.X_SjbmIy7q4.twitter
February 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Is Phylotranscriptomics as Reliable as Phylogenomics? https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/37/12/3672/5870839#.X_SjbmIy7q4.twitter