Incredible new research on all the things transposons are getting up to by @rokofler.bsky.social @almoroscarpa.bsky.social and many others
A novel hybrid dysgenesis system in Drosophila melanogaster suggests that transposons may contribute to speciation
It is an open question whether transposable elements (TEs) can cause postzygotic isolation, an important step towards speciation. In hybrid dysgenesis (HD), the offspring of crosses between males havi...
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November 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Incredible new research on all the things transposons are getting up to by @rokofler.bsky.social @almoroscarpa.bsky.social and many others
The Geography of Speciation Across Andean-Centred Clades doi.org/10.32942/X2Q....
November 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The Geography of Speciation Across Andean-Centred Clades doi.org/10.32942/X2Q....
Excited to see another of
@wrad07.bsky.social
's chapters published! She presents findings on sex chromosome turnover in darters and how it contributes to speciation in this highly diverse clade of fishes
@natcomms.nature.com @uchicagobsd.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wrad07.bsky.social
's chapters published! She presents findings on sex chromosome turnover in darters and how it contributes to speciation in this highly diverse clade of fishes
@natcomms.nature.com @uchicagobsd.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Excited to see another of
@wrad07.bsky.social
's chapters published! She presents findings on sex chromosome turnover in darters and how it contributes to speciation in this highly diverse clade of fishes
@natcomms.nature.com @uchicagobsd.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@wrad07.bsky.social
's chapters published! She presents findings on sex chromosome turnover in darters and how it contributes to speciation in this highly diverse clade of fishes
@natcomms.nature.com @uchicagobsd.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By your logic then light, distance, gravity, DNA, speciation, evolution, aging, are all "social constructs"
Its a butchery of meaning and a rejection of all that does not exist in the minds of men
Its a butchery of meaning and a rejection of all that does not exist in the minds of men
November 8, 2026 at 4:28 AM
By your logic then light, distance, gravity, DNA, speciation, evolution, aging, are all "social constructs"
Its a butchery of meaning and a rejection of all that does not exist in the minds of men
Its a butchery of meaning and a rejection of all that does not exist in the minds of men
Relatedly, the concept of speciation is definitely a human thing. It's not like there's some sort of holy scientific writ that says what a species is.
There are a lot of different more or less equally valid definitions of a species depending on the model and context.
There are a lot of different more or less equally valid definitions of a species depending on the model and context.
November 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Relatedly, the concept of speciation is definitely a human thing. It's not like there's some sort of holy scientific writ that says what a species is.
There are a lot of different more or less equally valid definitions of a species depending on the model and context.
There are a lot of different more or less equally valid definitions of a species depending on the model and context.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher: Advanced Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Mercury and Selenium Speciation in Humans
#postdoc #chemsky #computationalchemistry
Postdoctoral Researcher: Advanced Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Mercury and Selenium Speciation in Humans
#postdoc #chemsky #computationalchemistry
November 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher: Advanced Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Mercury and Selenium Speciation in Humans
#postdoc #chemsky #computationalchemistry
Postdoctoral Researcher: Advanced Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Mercury and Selenium Speciation in Humans
#postdoc #chemsky #computationalchemistry
Was told it's colonialist and white supremacist to say that speciation is a human concept because, if I understood, which isn't a guarantee, the species exist with or without human acknowledgement.
Which is not true. The organisms exist, but they're not species without humans to say so.
Which is not true. The organisms exist, but they're not species without humans to say so.
November 8, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Was told it's colonialist and white supremacist to say that speciation is a human concept because, if I understood, which isn't a guarantee, the species exist with or without human acknowledgement.
Which is not true. The organisms exist, but they're not species without humans to say so.
Which is not true. The organisms exist, but they're not species without humans to say so.
i think eco contributes to this too, even though his definition is very close; fascism is a focusing technology for a sense of cultural superiority, baptized in our notion of speciation, to permanentize the outgroup through violence
November 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
i think eco contributes to this too, even though his definition is very close; fascism is a focusing technology for a sense of cultural superiority, baptized in our notion of speciation, to permanentize the outgroup through violence
In particular, this lecture is very interesting. Can't help but feel there might be ideas here that political scientists interested in party competition could learn from too www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3OI...
03. Speciation and Phylogeny - Evolutionary Anthropology Fall 2026
YouTube video by Richard McElreath
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2026 at 9:03 PM
In particular, this lecture is very interesting. Can't help but feel there might be ideas here that political scientists interested in party competition could learn from too www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3OI...
speciation is "just have fun with it"
November 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
speciation is "just have fun with it"
Happy to share that our recent work with @landismj.bsky.social on a diversity-dependent biogeographic model using a deep-learning approach is now available in the Advance Articles section of Systematic Biology!
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
Phylogenetic estimation of diversity-dependent biogeographic rates using deep learning
Abstract. Ecological theory predicts that local species richness can influence biogeographic rates of speciation, extinction, and dispersal. For instance,
academic.oup.com
November 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Happy to share that our recent work with @landismj.bsky.social on a diversity-dependent biogeographic model using a deep-learning approach is now available in the Advance Articles section of Systematic Biology!
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
nice talk on Dipteran transposable elements* by @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social at the Tree of Life @sangerinstitute.bsky.social seminar series!
* jumping genes helping with speciation and/or living in different conditions
* jumping genes helping with speciation and/or living in different conditions
November 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
nice talk on Dipteran transposable elements* by @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social at the Tree of Life @sangerinstitute.bsky.social seminar series!
* jumping genes helping with speciation and/or living in different conditions
* jumping genes helping with speciation and/or living in different conditions
A supergene and genomic mosaicism are associated with phenotypic evolution in Galápagos tree finches🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Results further establish Camarhynchus as a model example of speciation with gene flow, underscoring the broader role of hybridization in generating biodiversity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Results further establish Camarhynchus as a model example of speciation with gene flow, underscoring the broader role of hybridization in generating biodiversity.
November 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
A supergene and genomic mosaicism are associated with phenotypic evolution in Galápagos tree finches🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Results further establish Camarhynchus as a model example of speciation with gene flow, underscoring the broader role of hybridization in generating biodiversity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Results further establish Camarhynchus as a model example of speciation with gene flow, underscoring the broader role of hybridization in generating biodiversity.
Looks like most of your lab is on the speciation continuum of corn-notCorn. Surprised to find out you're closer to not corn.
November 2, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Looks like most of your lab is on the speciation continuum of corn-notCorn. Surprised to find out you're closer to not corn.
Been a minute since I studied biology but I sure love thinking about it
November 2, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Been a minute since I studied biology but I sure love thinking about it
Speciation, sexual selection, and the macroevolution of cricket mating signals https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.29.762805v1
November 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Speciation, sexual selection, and the macroevolution of cricket mating signals https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.29.762805v1
In theory, all words are social constructs, but in actual practice, all those refer to specific and well-defined individual things except for possibly speciation and evolution, which also are social constructs in how we think about them.
November 8, 2026 at 5:17 AM
In theory, all words are social constructs, but in actual practice, all those refer to specific and well-defined individual things except for possibly speciation and evolution, which also are social constructs in how we think about them.
Job ID: 232/2026
Extract: Technician role to fine-tune iron redox speciation equipment and measure solar radiation effects on iron reduction in seawater with organic sulphur compounds.
Extract: Technician role to fine-tune iron redox speciation equipment and measure solar radiation effects on iron reduction in seawater with organic sulphur compounds.
November 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Job ID: 232/2026
Extract: Technician role to fine-tune iron redox speciation equipment and measure solar radiation effects on iron reduction in seawater with organic sulphur compounds.
Extract: Technician role to fine-tune iron redox speciation equipment and measure solar radiation effects on iron reduction in seawater with organic sulphur compounds.
Speciation: Types, Mechanisms and Examples
1. Concept and Meaning of Speciation Speciation is the evolutionary process through which an ancestral population gives rise to two or more distinct species. It is a central event in biological evolution because it increases biodiversity and explains how…
1. Concept and Meaning of Speciation Speciation is the evolutionary process through which an ancestral population gives rise to two or more distinct species. It is a central event in biological evolution because it increases biodiversity and explains how…
Speciation: Types, Mechanisms and Examples
1. Concept and Meaning of Speciation Speciation is the evolutionary process through which an ancestral population gives rise to two or more distinct species. It is a central event in biological evolution because it increases biodiversity and explains how the diversity of living organisms has originated. During speciation, populations become sufficiently different genetically and reproductively that they follow separate evolutionary paths.
www.zoologyverse.com
November 3, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Speciation: Types, Mechanisms and Examples
1. Concept and Meaning of Speciation Speciation is the evolutionary process through which an ancestral population gives rise to two or more distinct species. It is a central event in biological evolution because it increases biodiversity and explains how…
1. Concept and Meaning of Speciation Speciation is the evolutionary process through which an ancestral population gives rise to two or more distinct species. It is a central event in biological evolution because it increases biodiversity and explains how…
In the latest issue of JAAS:
New insights into the speciation of small hydrophobic chromium species at low µg kg-1 concentrations in collected aerosols from e-cigarettes using HPLC-ICP-MS.
Heidi Goenaga Infante et al.
pubs.rsc.org/ja/article/d...
New insights into the speciation of small hydrophobic chromium species at low µg kg-1 concentrations in collected aerosols from e-cigarettes using HPLC-ICP-MS.
Heidi Goenaga Infante et al.
pubs.rsc.org/ja/article/d...
November 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
In the latest issue of JAAS:
New insights into the speciation of small hydrophobic chromium species at low µg kg-1 concentrations in collected aerosols from e-cigarettes using HPLC-ICP-MS.
Heidi Goenaga Infante et al.
pubs.rsc.org/ja/article/d...
New insights into the speciation of small hydrophobic chromium species at low µg kg-1 concentrations in collected aerosols from e-cigarettes using HPLC-ICP-MS.
Heidi Goenaga Infante et al.
pubs.rsc.org/ja/article/d...
Just want to point out how much this analogy holds. This is all allopatric speciation with regional names for the same general pasta dumpling concept. Some expressions of that pasta dumpling concept have drifted in ways which create apparent morphological distinctions but there's still a continuum
November 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Just want to point out how much this analogy holds. This is all allopatric speciation with regional names for the same general pasta dumpling concept. Some expressions of that pasta dumpling concept have drifted in ways which create apparent morphological distinctions but there's still a continuum
Speciation is definitely a human way of slotting organisms into boxes. There's no actual clear and distinct line to draw between species that exists without humans imposing that construct on organisms.
The traits exist regardless, but the sense-making is all human.
The traits exist regardless, but the sense-making is all human.
November 8, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Speciation is definitely a human way of slotting organisms into boxes. There's no actual clear and distinct line to draw between species that exists without humans imposing that construct on organisms.
The traits exist regardless, but the sense-making is all human.
The traits exist regardless, but the sense-making is all human.
and the description paper available here: doi.org/10.1093/jmam...
Two new Crunomys (Muridae): a second case of speciation within Mindoro, an oceanic Philippine island
The presence of distinctive endemic mammals on isolated islands highlights the evolutionary processes that generate biodiversity. We have discovered 2 prev
doi.org
November 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
and the description paper available here: doi.org/10.1093/jmam...
speciation begins with you!
(don't fuck people who suck)
(don't fuck people who suck)
November 3, 2026 at 6:03 AM
speciation begins with you!
(don't fuck people who suck)
(don't fuck people who suck)
