Evolutionary biologist interested in hybridization.
#speciation
#hybridization
#ecology
#evolution
#genomics
#mimulus
#penstemon
#stickleback
Really cool to see a reviewer dismiss about 3 paragraphs on how biases and historical legacies are shaping contemporary datasets as (paraphrasing) "just a way to show that we have concerns for social justice".
Listen. Yes. In part. But also, we have concerns that the data we are using is telling a story that is biased. It's a big deal.
Scientists remaining on Twitter are lending legitimacy to climate denial.
https://ketanjoshi.co/2023/03/28/musk-is-remaking-twitter-into-a-climate-denier-sanctuary/
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Oceanic islands and archipelagos have played a pivotal role in our understanding of evolutionary and ecological processes [1–9]. This is due to several characteristics of oceanic islands, including (i) their isolation, which limits the dispersal of terrestrial organisms and often results in disharmonic communities (see Glossary); (ii) specific ecological conditions, including geomorphological features, strong climatic variation across small geographic areas, discrete patches of habitats, and irregular cycles of disturbances, which play a role in the creation of ecological opportunity for diversification; (iii) the possibility to estimate their geological age, which offers a well-defined temporal framework for studying and modeling evolutionary processes; and (iv) their frequent occurrence in fragmented, spatial groups (archipelagos) which provide natural evolutionary 'experiments' with replicates [10–16].
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First buds emerging from the ground on mayapple, wild leek leaves a couple of inches long, false mermaid spilling over last year's dead leaves, St Joseph Creek running high. This morning in Maple Grove forest preserve.
Timothée Poisot
Katie Lotterhos
Alex Wild
Britt Koskella
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Fernando Racimo
Andrew Hipp
Tanja Slotte