As the public discourse around sex and gender pops up again - I think about the kid who hears ‘nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution’ - but who doesn’t see themselves represented. I wrote this for them. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-evoluti...

What Evolutionary Biology Can and Can't Tell Us About Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Some human social constructs like gender are viewed erroneously in an evolutionary context. It’s time for our understanding of a person’s self-identity to evolve.

If you see this post, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery. Culebra, Puerto Rico

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Congrats, that’s fantastic! Did you find sex chromosomes???

Together with #AaronComeault#FranzHoelzl@biobiiana.bsky.social#genome#frogdoi.org/10.1093/gbe/...#evolution

Genome assembly of the dyeing poison frog provides insights into the dynamics of transposable element and genome-size evolution

Abstract. Genome size varies greatly across the tree of life and transposable elements are an important contributor to this variation. Among vertebrates, a

Welcome to the world! A New Caledonian chameleon gecko (Eurdactylodes) that hatched today.

Excited to announce our new #openaccess@anatrecord.bsky.social#gecko#Lialis#GeckoEvoDevo#diceCT@drscanley.bsky.socialanatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Playing around with some old photos. I like the shape of this Heteronotia.

Spring emergence

Sex chromosomes & putative sex-determining gene (Foxl2) in the crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) In press at @sse-evolution.bsky.social@morrisanimal.bsky.social@sexchrlab.bsky.social@stuartvnielsen.bsky.social@drpintothe2nd.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1093/evol...