#TrendingNow | This study presents a genome-scale #phylogeny of Opisthokonta, the major lineage that includes animals, fungi, and their unicellular relatives. It also establishes the geological timeline of opisthokont diversification 🧪 #ICYMI #genetics #evolution plos.io/3XrOD6U

🦗Getting a *jump* (literally) on #FossilFriday with a new paper featuring a #morphology-based #phylogeny of Gryllidae developed using analysis of a conspecific pair of mid-Cretaceous amber #crickets.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jse....
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@wileyecology.bsky.social
#systematics #evolution #InvertFest #BugSky

and testers who broke it in useful ways: @johnwares.bsky.social , @guillermodelia.bsky.social, Justin Yeager, and Jessica Garb. Bug reports welcome, there's a "suggest a fix" link on the page. #phylogeny #TreeOfLife #Evolution

#phylogeny
#genomics
#Bat1KConsortium

Wow

Origin (probably in Europe), history, geography and evolution over 65 million years of 21 bat families (103 species).
OA paper 🔽.

See also bat1k.com/about/ and press release www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ba....

Here's a fun thing! Prof. Mike Hickerson @hickerlab.bsky.social has created Phylodiet, an app that reveals "How Much of the Tree of Life is on your plate": mjhickerson.github.io/phylodiet/ap... Enter your meal, and see how the ingredients are related. #phylogeny #TreeOfLife #Evolution

Comprehensive profiling of #brain #dynamics during #anesthesia across #phylogeny
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#Mycosphere
121 genome-skimming datasets resolve Pluteaceae phylogeny, revealing widespread incomplete lineage sorting and introgression in species from China.
Details: https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/mycosphere-0026-0015
#Pluteaceae #Phylogeny #SpeciesDelimitation #FungalGenomics

Today's puzzle on Vidarbol is based on the taxonomic order of Lagomorpha.

This order contains two families rabbits and hares, and pikas. 🐇

You think you know your rabbits?

Try solving their phylogenetic placement only on Vidarbol: vidarbol-3baa2.web.app

#rabbits #evolution #science #phylogeny

Exciting 2026 paper by Zhang and Li:

Mitochondrial Genome and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

tinyurl.com/4u7f8458

#WIS

#PlantandEnvironmentalScience

#Aves

#Ecosystem

#Mitochondria

#evolution

#Birds

#Phylogeny

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Exciting 2026 paper by Li and Feng:

‘Factors influencing the distribution patterns of bird endemism in China’

tinyurl.com/37mdnyct

#WIS

#PlantandEnvironmentalScience

#Vegetation

#Ecosystem

#Distribution

#Ecology

#Birds

#Aves

#Plants

#Phylogeny

#Species

#FoodResource

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Exciting 2026 paper by Li and Feng:

‘Factors influencing the distribution patterns of bird endemism in China’

tinyurl.com/37mdnyct

#WIS

#PlantandEnvironmentalScience

#Vegetation

#Ecosystem

#Distribution

#Ecology

#Birds

#Aves

#Plants

#Phylogeny

#Species

#FoodResource

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I scored 99% on today's puzzle. Try it yourself

#Evolution #Treeoflife #phylogenetics #phylogeny #bigcats

Spatial phylogenetic analysis of grasses in the Southern Cone proves to be a valuable tool to explore the #ecology and #evolution of #grass species in #SouthAmerica.
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
@wileyecology.bsky.social
#PlantSci #grass #phylogeny #systematics

Transforming turtle systematics: challenges, opportunities and the path ahead by Evers and Joyce 🔗 buff.ly/9dnDRTc

#PaleoSky #turtles #systematics #phylogeny #morphology

View the full series here: Perspectives on the Systematics of Fossil Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities: buff.ly/qiJ0XUO

New research in #RESSystematicEnt

New insights into the tribal-level #phylogeny and historical #biogeography of #Iassinae (Hemiptera: #Cicadellidae) revealed by #phylogenomics
doi.org/10.1111/syen...

#Leafhoppers
@gkergoat.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

Our combined satellite symposium #form #function #phylogeny with @dzg-sysbiodiv.bsky.social at #dzg2026 just started. We enjoy the first talk by Bonnie Blaimer on #hymenoptera #key_innivations

An annotated ITS tree of sect. Semilanceatae

dikarya.us/job/eeor/view

#psilocybe #phylogeny

In @ecosphere-ua.bsky.social 17(8),e70725 #OpenAccess
"Competition and habitat filtering shape Neotropical canopy butterfly communities across a rainfall seasonality gradient."
#phylogeny-based_analyses
Checa, M.F., Ossola, V., Elias, M., @isyeb.mnhn.fr et al.
🦋 doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

it's cool how cetaceans and hippopotami have a relatively close common ancestor

#phylogeny #evolution #biology #cetacean #hippopotamus