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"Here, we develop mathematical models linking anisogamy to secondary sex-role evolution, showing that anisogamy drives sex-role divergence along contrasting evolutionary trajectories depending on ecological context." #philbio

After a workshop in March in Milan, we are meeting next week in the woods of Leusden (ISVW) to continue our discussion of the epistemic and ethical challenges in microbiome and exposome research!
Thanks to the Descartes Centre's Seed Money, this collaborative work can thrive!
#hpbio #philbio 🐋🌱

"... we show that a combination of random environmental fluctuations with fitness benefits that specific microbes provide to their hosts can result in the evolution of vertical transmission, even when microbes are continually acquired from the environment." #philbio

This makes me wonder how many human organs are also composed of parallel cell lineages during development. Is it so unusual that one anatomical part comes from two distinct lineages? #philbio #philsci

news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...

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Measuring biological processes, counting biological individuals, and the botanical conception of the organism #philsci #philbio 🌱 🌾

This ought to be of interest to some #philbio people.

We will sorely miss @andrameneganzin.bsky.social, but we are absolutely sure that she will take the University of Bordeaux by storm as Assistant Professor! @pacea.bsky.social is so lucky to have her!

If you are interested in human #evolution & #philbio, be sure to check out her impressive research!

Goodbye @theramseylab.bsky.social & @clpskuleuven.bsky.social … it’s been an absolute blast! ❤️🥹

Catching my next train (both physical and metaphorical) with a deep sense of gratitude.

Thank y'all!

#philbio #philsky #hpbio #evosky #paleosky

What does it mean that biological control is organized heterarchically?
We turn common assumptions upside-down and argue that integration of control inputs ultimately takes place at the last step: in the controlled production mechanisms themselves rather than in the central nervous system. #philbio

Are stem cell types natural kinds? The answer is multifarious.

My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816

Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds

Live from @kli.ac.at for #EASPLS2026, whose consortium we're part of 🌍

How is human impact reshaping the way organisms reproduce and evolve? Our senior researcher Arantza Etxeberria (UPV/EHU) argues that reproduction is a web of developmental, physiological & ecological relations. #PhilBio

I am happy to announce "Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 3" on the topic of microbiome and how it succeeds or fails at explaining how microbial shifts translate into physiological change. Both online/in-person! #ImmunoSky #philbio #philsci