Our study on the genetic architecture of a sexual mimicry polymorphism, led by graduate student Tris Dodge, is now out at Current Biology! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...bsky.app/profile/moll...

Structural genomic variation and behavioral interactions underpin a balanced sexual mimicry polymorphism

How phenotypic diversity originates and persists within populations are classic puzzles in evolutionary biology. While balanced polymorphisms segregat…

At the same time, a paper by Andy Goodman's lab came out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Microbial transformation of dietary xenobiotics shapes gut microbiome composition"|

Post docs in theory/math/bio join us! www.nitmb.org/research/nit...

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The UC Davis Center for Population Biology postdoctoral fellowship is now being advertised. This is a great opportunity to come join our wonderful community of Evolution & Ecology here at Davis. Please RT & post to your dept listservers cpb.ucdavis.edu/cpb-postdoc-...

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From Ben Good: competition btwn linked mutations can..enhance selection for modifiers that increase benefits of future mutations, even when they impose a strong direct cost on fitness. However..modest direct benefits can..drive evolutionary dead ends to fixation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evolution of evolvability in rapidly adapting populations - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Evolvability modifier mutations alter the rates and benefits of future mutations, but it is difficult to predict when they will be favoured by natural selection. A mathematical framework shows that co...

From Ben Good: competition btwn linked mutations can..enhance selection for modifiers that increase benefits of future mutations, even when they impose a strong direct cost on fitness. However..modest direct benefits can..drive evolutionary dead ends to fixation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evolution of evolvability in rapidly adapting populations - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Evolvability modifier mutations alter the rates and benefits of future mutations, but it is difficult to predict when they will be favoured by natural selection. A mathematical framework shows that co...

I have updated the Equity Reading List on my lab's website: www.bhallalab.com/equity-readi...#AcademicSky

I'm so excited to be starting up my new lab at UCLA! Thanks to @mwtingley.bsky.socialcoyotebrushstudios.com#evolution#ornithology#NewPI

Really happy to see this now published in @Nature ! We’ve added several new analyses since the original preprint and are excited for the new directions this work is now taking us.

Super excited that the final version of our paper on mutation rate plasticity and oxidative stress is out now at PLoS biology! This paper shows how mutation rates are a highly dynamic trait shaped by genotype, community composition and abiotic factors. 1/8 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Collective peroxide detoxification determines microbial mutation rate plasticity in E. coli

In some bacteria, mutation rates depend on environmental factors such as population density. This study uses simulation-guided experiments to show that denser microbial populations detoxify their envi...