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@amelinlab.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialCheck out our new research on evolution of primate saliva, led by @willaguado.bsky.social @gokcumenlab.bsky.social @petarpajic.bsky.social
@molbioevol.bsky.socialHale, @coxevolab.bsky.social et al. find that maleβfemale expression imbalance on the X chromosome is widespread across phrynosomatid lizards.
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This study is featured on the cover of the October issue of MBE.
@molbioevol.bsky.socialGenerally, introns shorter than βΌ30β bp are considered absent from animals. Hadjez et al. show that such ultra-short introns evolved independently at least twice in animals, in two parasitic lineages.
@molbioevol.bsky.social@rom12relle.bsky.social @johnlees.bacpop.org & Chindelevitch present kamino, a reference- and alignment-free method that rapidly builds amino acid phylogenomic alignments directly from proteomes.
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Great work, Will and Petar!
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@aidaandres.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialThe latest from us on balancing selection, now in final version in MBE @molbioevol.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social 𧬠π§ͺ #Popgen #EvolutionaryBiology
@molbioevol.bsky.social@euantheyoung.bsky.social et al. show that the role of life-history trade-offs in shaping estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer risk in European populations appears, at most, small.
@pavelpayne.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialFinally, my paper is out! It shows how bacteria can utilize their CRISPR immunity against transducing phages to turn them into "pollinators". This way bacteria can speed up their own adaptation through recombination by two orders of magnitude compared to mutations, and they do so when starving!
@molbioevol.bsky.socialLaumer, @prashantpsharma.bsky.social et al. examined the incidence of Pax family genes across chelicerate phylogeny and interrogated the expression and function of Pax2 and Pax6 homologs in the daddy-longlegs Phalangium opilio.
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@molbioevol.bsky.socialAguado et al. investigate the salivary proline-rich protein gene family across 27 primate species to test whether dietary ecology has shaped the evolution of this locus.
@maxreuter.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialOur paper on detecting (or not) balancing selection is now out, in all its typeset beauty, in the October issue of @molbioevol.bsky.social:
@molbioevol.bsky.social@pavelpayne.bsky.social et al. show that bacterial herd immunity can promote homologous recombination, suggesting bacterial immune systems can shape molecular evolution not only by blocking infection but also by regulating genetic exchange
@istaresearch.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialDo bacteria have sex?
ISTA scientists @pavelpayne.bsky.social and CΔlin Guet have uncovered a process resembling sexual reproduction that occurs when the gut bacterium E. coli is close to starvation.
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@pavelpayne.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialI'm really excited to share my latest research paper with the world. It has been a long and bumpy road to finish this project and get it published, but finally, it is out!
@molbioevol.bsky.socialCongratulations Euan π
@euantheyoung.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialDelighted to share that my final PhD chapter is now published in @molbioevol.bsky.social! π€© Read all about our study testing whether trade-offs can explain why genetic variants promoting breast cancer persist in populations: doi.org/10.1093/molb... π§΅
@molbioevol.bsky.socialThe October 2026 issue of MBE has launched - check in throughout the month for your regular dose of discoveries, methods, protocols, and reviews in molecular evolution.
@molbioevol.bsky.socialThis is great Romain, thank you for publishing your article in MBE
@rom12relle.bsky.socialReposted by @molbioevol.bsky.socialHappy to share that our paper describing kamino, a new variant-calling tool, has been accepted for publication in MBE @molbioevol.bsky.social. Big thanks to @johnlees.bacpop.org and Leonid Chindelevitch.
