In my only science talk ever, I spent HOURS beating my head against how to visually demonstrate supergenes in sparrows. Like, that was probably the hardest work of the whole presentation.
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In my only science talk ever, I spent HOURS beating my head against how to visually demonstrate supergenes in sparrows. Like, that was probably the hardest work of the whole presentation.
Lethal epistasis maintains strong linkage disequilibrium between unlinked supergenes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.08.698410v1
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Lethal epistasis maintains strong linkage disequilibrium between unlinked supergenes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.08.698410v1
New preprint! We investigated the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum species that diverged ca 33 Mya. 1/8
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April 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New preprint! We investigated the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum species that diverged ca 33 Mya. 1/8
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#ERGAReads | Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene 🌸🧬
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#genomes #plantgenomics #evolution #supergenes #comparativegenomics
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Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene
High-quality genome assemblies from multiple plant species reveal different paths of evolution in supergenes.
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September 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM
#ERGAReads | Distinct genomic architectures but the same gene underlie the convergent evolution of a plant supergene 🌸🧬
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#genomes #plantgenomics #evolution #supergenes #comparativegenomics
@gpotente.bsky.social
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#genomes #plantgenomics #evolution #supergenes #comparativegenomics
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Watch out! @eseb2025.bsky.social Supergenes in Formica w/ @giuliascarparo.bsky.social ! #ESEB #ESEB2025
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Watch out! @eseb2025.bsky.social Supergenes in Formica w/ @giuliascarparo.bsky.social ! #ESEB #ESEB2025
Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution
Chromosomal inversions are ubiquitous across the Tree of Life, with genome-wide studies
revealing a bias toward smaller inversions, yet research has disproportionately focused
on large, supergene-like...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Supergenes have been found in ants, butterflies, birds, fish, plants and fungi so far, and sex chromosomes may be a special case of them. This is an interesting new understanding of evolutionary units 🧪 🐜 🦋 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How Supergenes Shape Evolution
By locking together traits that work well together, supergenes provide striking evolutionary advantages. But they can also be costly because they make it nearly impossible to purge bad mutations
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January 9, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Supergenes have been found in ants, butterflies, birds, fish, plants and fungi so far, and sex chromosomes may be a special case of them. This is an interesting new understanding of evolutionary units 🧪 🐜 🦋 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Repeated evolution of supergenes on an ancient social chromosome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.01.626239v1
Repeated evolution of supergenes on an ancient social chromosome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.01.626239v1
Supergenes are non-recombining chromosomal regions that code for complex polymorphic traits. With th
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December 2, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Repeated evolution of supergenes on an ancient social chromosome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.01.626239v1
This week reading is an interesting 2021 review about Supergenes and their genetic/evolutionary peculiarities from Juanita Gutiérrez-Valencia et al.
I'll go on reading more recent supergenes-related research paper :)
Here is the link: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
I'll go on reading more recent supergenes-related research paper :)
Here is the link: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
The Genomic Architecture and Evolutionary Fates of Supergenes
Abstract. Supergenes are genomic regions containing sets of tightly linked loci that control multi-trait phenotypic polymorphisms under balancing selection
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August 29, 2026 at 11:32 AM
This week reading is an interesting 2021 review about Supergenes and their genetic/evolutionary peculiarities from Juanita Gutiérrez-Valencia et al.
I'll go on reading more recent supergenes-related research paper :)
Here is the link: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
I'll go on reading more recent supergenes-related research paper :)
Here is the link: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Sequential origin of an alternative colony founding strategy driven by two supergenes in Temnothorax ants academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Sequential origin of an alternative colony founding strategy driven by two supergenes in Temnothorax ants
Abstract. Recent discoveries reveal that many complex intraspecific polymorphisms are shaped by a single supergene that maintains coadapted genetic variant
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May 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Sequential origin of an alternative colony founding strategy driven by two supergenes in Temnothorax ants academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Stepwise expansion of recombination suppression on sex chromosomes and other supergenes through lower load advantage and deleterious mutation sheltering https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.27.661902v1
July 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Stepwise expansion of recombination suppression on sex chromosomes and other supergenes through lower load advantage and deleterious mutation sheltering https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.27.661902v1
Independently evolved supergenes control colony social organization and queen reproductive strategies in several ant lineages. Sigeman et al. uncover a novel 9 Mb supergene controlling queen size and social organization in Myrmica ruginodis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf255
#evobio #molbio #ants
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#evobio #molbio #ants
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Independently evolved supergenes control colony social organization and queen reproductive strategies in several ant lineages. Sigeman et al. uncover a novel 9 Mb supergene controlling queen size and social organization in Myrmica ruginodis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf255
#evobio #molbio #ants
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf255
#evobio #molbio #ants
Scientists just found DNA “supergenes” that speed up evolution | ScienceDaily share.google/uxaSMTz7wVf4...
Scientists just found DNA “supergenes” that speed up evolution
Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ligh...
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April 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Scientists just found DNA “supergenes” that speed up evolution | ScienceDaily share.google/uxaSMTz7wVf4...
Online now: Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution
Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution
Chromosomal inversions are ubiquitous across the Tree of Life, with genome-wide studies revealing a bias toward smaller inversions, yet research has disproportionately focused on large, supergene-like inversions linked to discrete phenotypes. This limits our understanding of inversions' roles in trait evolution, as their size affects their potential functional impact. Investigation of smaller inversions and multi-inversion genotypes is crucial to elucidate their role in shaping continuous traits and evolutionary adaptation. Addressing this requires a shift towards a systematic study of smaller inversions and the use of experimental assays and functional annotation to identify the evolutionary forces driving different genomic trait architectures.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Online now: Beyond supergenes: the diverse roles of inversions in trait evolution
EASYstrata: a new workflow to infer evolutionary strata along sex chromosomes and other supergenes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631483v1
January 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
EASYstrata: a new workflow to infer evolutionary strata along sex chromosomes and other supergenes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631483v1
Sigeman et al. used comparative population genomics of 264 individuals from all seven European wood ant species, proposing that selection to escape fitness costs underlies haplotype loss in obligately polygynous wood ants.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf320
#evobio #molbio
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#evobio #molbio
The loss of a supergene in obligately polygynous Formica wood ant species
Abstract. Some of the most striking examples of phenotypic variation within species are controlled by supergenes. However, most research on supergenes has
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December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sigeman et al. used comparative population genomics of 264 individuals from all seven European wood ant species, proposing that selection to escape fitness costs underlies haplotype loss in obligately polygynous wood ants.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf320
#evobio #molbio
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf320
#evobio #molbio
How did nature’s incredible diversity come to be? These cichlid fish may offer a clue 🐠
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
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Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
June 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How did nature’s incredible diversity come to be? These cichlid fish may offer a clue 🐠
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
Cambridge researchers have found that chunks of ‘flipped’ #DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary ‘superchargers’ 👇
bit.ly/3HGqEN6
Jones, @kocherlab.bsky.social @brendanimal.bsky.social et al. investigate gene regulation in the social supergene of the fire ant, finding widespread impacts on chromatin accessibility, enhancer activity, and transcription.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf112
#evobio #molbio #bugsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf112
#evobio #molbio #bugsky
The Fire Ant Social Chromosome Exerts a Major Influence on Genome Regulation
Abstract. Supergenes underlying complex trait polymorphisms ensure that sets of coadapted alleles remain genetically linked. Despite their prevalence in na
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June 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Jones, @kocherlab.bsky.social @brendanimal.bsky.social et al. investigate gene regulation in the social supergene of the fire ant, finding widespread impacts on chromatin accessibility, enhancer activity, and transcription.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf112
#evobio #molbio #bugsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf112
#evobio #molbio #bugsky
Hemizygosity has been documented in at least 6 independently evolved distyly supergenes by now… and interestingly, there are plenty of distylous Oleaceae. Check out @paulineraim.bsky.social 🧵 here: bsky.app/profile/paul...
Feels like an accomplishment to see my PhD work out in @currentbiology.bsky.social today! We identified the genetic determinants of self-incompatibility system in olive and uncover exciting links with distyly!
A hemizygous supergene controls homomorphic and heteromorphic self-incompatibility systems in Oleaceae
Raimondeau et al. unveil the genetic determinants of the unique self-incompatibility
system of olives. This initial discovery leads them to identify the genetic controls
of distyly within the family a...
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April 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hemizygosity has been documented in at least 6 independently evolved distyly supergenes by now… and interestingly, there are plenty of distylous Oleaceae. Check out @paulineraim.bsky.social 🧵 here: bsky.app/profile/paul...
Very excited to see our work finally out in GBE.
We explored the evolution of a sex-linked supergene finding evidence that recombination suppression may have led to relaxation of selection, suggesting that whilst adaptive, supergenes may bear molecular costs.
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
We explored the evolution of a sex-linked supergene finding evidence that recombination suppression may have led to relaxation of selection, suggesting that whilst adaptive, supergenes may bear molecular costs.
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
Molecular Evolution of a Sex-Linked Inversion Polymorphism in Zebra Finches
Abstract. Recent years have seen an explosion in examples of supergenes, where recombination is suppressed between haplotypes, often via inversion polymorp
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July 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Very excited to see our work finally out in GBE.
We explored the evolution of a sex-linked supergene finding evidence that recombination suppression may have led to relaxation of selection, suggesting that whilst adaptive, supergenes may bear molecular costs.
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
We explored the evolution of a sex-linked supergene finding evidence that recombination suppression may have led to relaxation of selection, suggesting that whilst adaptive, supergenes may bear molecular costs.
doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
Kevin in the back right has the supergenes
February 28, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Kevin in the back right has the supergenes
The final version of our paper on the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum is now up at New Phytologist doi.org/10.1111/nph....
July 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The final version of our paper on the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum is now up at New Phytologist doi.org/10.1111/nph....