Predictable evolution is bad news for toads, good news for their predators

"Under certain circumstances, the process of evolution can be highly predictable, especially when there are limited solutions to a particular problem, such as resistance to dangerous toxins"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#evolution #poisons #phylogenetics #Australia https://grrlscientist.medium.com/predictable-evolution-is-bad-news-for-toads-good-news-for-their-predators-7260c33dc54c

Predictable evolution is bad news for toads, good news for their predators

"Under certain circumstances, the process of evolution can be highly predictable, especially when there are limited solutions to a particular problem, such as resistance to dangerous toxins"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#evolution #poisons #phylogenetics #Australia https://grrlscientist.medium.com/predictable-evolution-is-bad-news-for-toads-good-news-for-their-predators-7260c33dc54c

Predictable evolution is bad news for toads, good news for their predators

"Under certain circumstances, the process of evolution can be highly predictable, especially when there are limited solutions to a particular problem, such as resistance to dangerous toxins"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#evolution #poisons #phylogenetics #Australia https://grrlscientist.medium.com/predictable-evolution-is-bad-news-for-toads-good-news-for-their-predators-7260c33dc54c

Cao et al. present integrative evidence from #molecular #phylogenetics, #gene flow, and morphological analyses, which supports the taxonomic treatment of Orostachys s.l. as three separate genera.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70069
@WileyEcology
#JSE #PlantSci #systematics #botany

MBE is excited to launch our newest Call for Papers on the Major Transitions of Life, covering all aspects of phylogenomic research.

🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/pages/call-for-papers-on-the-major-transitions-of-life

Guest Editors:
Davide Pisani
Anja Spang

Accepted manuscripts will receive a 20% discount on the APCs, on top of the SMBE membership discount.

Toward a genomic understanding of the tree of life
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msag043

#evobio #molbio #phylogenetics

RE: https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/116260383338896477

#Endemic #species are always interesting from different perspectives, e.g. from an #evolutionary and #ecological point of view. This also applies to #skinks of the genus
#Madascincus, being with several known species endemic to #Madagascar.
A. Miralles et al. (2026) described based on #multilocus #phylogenetics and #morphology two #newspecies:
M. #irery and M.
#minotaurus, with restricted distributions to limited areas of Madagascar only.
© this text #StefanFWirth

Could the shape of phylogenetic trees contain hidden information? Siqi Liu, Sarah Svensson & Daniel Falush show that the "backboned" shape of the phylogenetic tree of #Klebsiella pneumoniae may reveal a history of diversifying selection on an unknown trait.
#microbiology #phylogenetics
https://plos.io/4bgI3qz
A bacterial ecocline in Klebsiella pneumoniae may explain its backboned phylogeny

Could the shape of phylogenetic trees contain hidden information? This study shows that the "backbone" shape of the phylogenetic tree of the important human pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae may reveal a history of diversifying selection on an unknown trait.

Is there something analogous to #ClintReptiles but for #botany? I want someone to explain me the #plant branch of the tree of life while telling how much they love it, clade by clade.

#systematics #treeOfLife #cladistics #phylogenetics

Thrilled to share a recent, joint work with andrew meade: Molecular Clock Dating Using Complex Mixture Models: Applied to Ancient Symbionts https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msag039/8489165?searchresult=1 @molbioevol @officialSMBE #julialang #phylo #molecular_clock #phylogenetics #molevol