Dylan Love
@dylanpadilla.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist at Yale | Life History Evolution | PopGen | Genomics |
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Genome-wide associations of fitness components reveal antagonistic pleiotropy and sexual conflict in the Florida Scrub-Jay https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.673786v1
September 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Genome-wide associations of fitness components reveal antagonistic pleiotropy and sexual conflict in the Florida Scrub-Jay https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.673786v1
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Elegant empirical validation of a theoretical expectation that changing your mutation bias allows you to access more beneficial mutations. From @deepaagashe.bsky.social & colleagues in @plosbiology.org
Mutations generate variation, critical for #evolution, but #MutationBias restricts the choice of mutation type. @deepaagashe.bsky.social &co use #Ecoli strains with different mutation biases to show that changing an old bias should yield more beneficial mutations @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46LjCRt
July 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Elegant empirical validation of a theoretical expectation that changing your mutation bias allows you to access more beneficial mutations. From @deepaagashe.bsky.social & colleagues in @plosbiology.org
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A new paper investigates how urbanization influences genetic connectivity in Dekay’s brown snakes across New Jersey, USA.
Photo: Benny Mazur/Wikimedia
Photo: Benny Mazur/Wikimedia
July 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A new paper investigates how urbanization influences genetic connectivity in Dekay’s brown snakes across New Jersey, USA.
Photo: Benny Mazur/Wikimedia
Photo: Benny Mazur/Wikimedia
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Ya está abierta la pre-incripción al Taller de Genómica Evolutiva 2025. Organizado por @selvaorgco.bsky.social y La Universidad de los Andes, con el apoyo de @sse-evolution.bsky.social. Hay becas disponibles! ciencias.uniandes.edu.co/56-eventos/7...
July 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Ya está abierta la pre-incripción al Taller de Genómica Evolutiva 2025. Organizado por @selvaorgco.bsky.social y La Universidad de los Andes, con el apoyo de @sse-evolution.bsky.social. Hay becas disponibles! ciencias.uniandes.edu.co/56-eventos/7...
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Fresh from the California Conservation Genomics Project: the first North American skink reference genome! The high-quality assembly of Gilbert’s skink (Plestiodon gilberti) will advance studies on hybridization, speciation, and adaptation.
July 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Fresh from the California Conservation Genomics Project: the first North American skink reference genome! The high-quality assembly of Gilbert’s skink (Plestiodon gilberti) will advance studies on hybridization, speciation, and adaptation.
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New research exploring microgeographic differentiation in the bearded anole, Anolis pogus, reveals minimal inbreeding and contrasting demographic trends with co-occurring species.
July 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New research exploring microgeographic differentiation in the bearded anole, Anolis pogus, reveals minimal inbreeding and contrasting demographic trends with co-occurring species.
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Very pleased to see this officially out - Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals. With @siluwang.bsky.social, @dortizba.bsky.social and Loren Rieseberg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Very pleased to see this officially out - Genome Architecture and Speciation in Plants and Animals. With @siluwang.bsky.social, @dortizba.bsky.social and Loren Rieseberg. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.660314v1
June 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Mutation accumulation underpins evolution of lifespan extension by dietary restriction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.18.660314v1
Some evidence in the literature suggests that speciation with gene flow could occur (some examples in plants). Shafaat (Ricardo Azevedo) showed today that gene flow can cause more speciation for a given genetic differentiation. Cool stuff!
June 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Some evidence in the literature suggests that speciation with gene flow could occur (some examples in plants). Shafaat (Ricardo Azevedo) showed today that gene flow can cause more speciation for a given genetic differentiation. Cool stuff!
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Dylan Padilla @dylanpadilla.bsky.social links foraging behaviors with diversification in reptile species 🐊🐍🦎
Higher diversification is associated with both active and plastic foragers
#Evol2025 #Evol25
Higher diversification is associated with both active and plastic foragers
#Evol2025 #Evol25
June 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dylan Padilla @dylanpadilla.bsky.social links foraging behaviors with diversification in reptile species 🐊🐍🦎
Higher diversification is associated with both active and plastic foragers
#Evol2025 #Evol25
Higher diversification is associated with both active and plastic foragers
#Evol2025 #Evol25
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Relative High Fitness and Genome-wide Diversity May Facilitate Plastic and Active Foragers' Diversification doi.org/10.32942/X26...
June 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Relative High Fitness and Genome-wide Diversity May Facilitate Plastic and Active Foragers' Diversification doi.org/10.32942/X26...
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Our paper on evolution of plasticity and character displacement in a fluctuating environment is now published as early view in Evolution. Check it out if you're interested in eco-evolutionary dynamics, coevolution... and plasticity of course!
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Evolution of plasticity and character displacement in a fluctuating environment
academic.oup.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Our paper on evolution of plasticity and character displacement in a fluctuating environment is now published as early view in Evolution. Check it out if you're interested in eco-evolutionary dynamics, coevolution... and plasticity of course!
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
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I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecological Genomics
About the Opportunity Job Summary A postdoctoral research associate is available at the Lotterhos Lab at Northeastern University. The postdoc will be based at Northeastern University’s Marine Science ...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!
Starting off the new year with great news. I’m officially a G. Evelyn Hutchinson Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies. I’ll be working with both the Skelly and Munoz labs on the genomic basis of adaptation to climate change, and other topics. Exciting times ahead! 🧬🐸🦎
January 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Starting off the new year with great news. I’m officially a G. Evelyn Hutchinson Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies. I’ll be working with both the Skelly and Munoz labs on the genomic basis of adaptation to climate change, and other topics. Exciting times ahead! 🧬🐸🦎
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journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... be careful when making strong conclusion about complicated evolutionary processes based on genetic experiments that show large effect size - however tempting it might be :)
The case against simplistic genetic explanations of evolution
Summary: Extreme traits in animals, from the origin of limbs to the loss of tails, capture public attention. This Review argues that scientists should not seek simple explanations for how they evolved...
journals.biologists.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:53 PM
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... be careful when making strong conclusion about complicated evolutionary processes based on genetic experiments that show large effect size - however tempting it might be :)
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New study by @tribblelab.bsky.social @jimarcor.bsky.social @marcialescudero.bsky.social Michael May, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and myself just out:
Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
New study by @tribblelab.bsky.social @jimarcor.bsky.social @marcialescudero.bsky.social Michael May, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson and myself just out:
Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Introduces a novel HiSSE chromosome model and demonstrates the importance of chrom. evol. in #sedge diversity.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
December 26, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁
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Using a high-quality timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) genome, researchers found highly duplicated Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes in rattlesnakes, demonstrating a complex evolutionary history marked by extensive duplication and loss during speciation. 🧪
December 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Using a high-quality timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) genome, researchers found highly duplicated Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes in rattlesnakes, demonstrating a complex evolutionary history marked by extensive duplication and loss during speciation. 🧪
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I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Code sharing in ecology and evolution increases citation rates but remains uncommon
Biologists increasingly rely on computer code to collect and analyze their data, reinforcing the importance of published code for transparency, reproducibility, training, and a basis for further work...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
I'd like to encourage folks to publish their code. Not only does it make studies more transparent and reproducible, but it also increases citation rates!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures began in 1825 in London at the direction of Michael Faraday.
They were an opportunity to bring the general public to hear a lecture by an eminent scientist that captures the imagination.
They've been held every year since, except for 4 years during WWII.
They were an opportunity to bring the general public to hear a lecture by an eminent scientist that captures the imagination.
They've been held every year since, except for 4 years during WWII.
December 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures began in 1825 in London at the direction of Michael Faraday.
They were an opportunity to bring the general public to hear a lecture by an eminent scientist that captures the imagination.
They've been held every year since, except for 4 years during WWII.
They were an opportunity to bring the general public to hear a lecture by an eminent scientist that captures the imagination.
They've been held every year since, except for 4 years during WWII.
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Congratulations to Matt Osmond on publication of the final version of "Estimating dispersal rates and locating genetic ancestors with genome-wide genealogies"
elifesciences.org/articles/72177
elifesciences.org/articles/72177
Estimating dispersal rates and locating genetic ancestors with genome-wide genealogies
A new method to infer the spatial history of genetic ancestors from a sequence of trees along a recombining genome.
elifesciences.org
December 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Congratulations to Matt Osmond on publication of the final version of "Estimating dispersal rates and locating genetic ancestors with genome-wide genealogies"
elifesciences.org/articles/72177
elifesciences.org/articles/72177
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I guess I am one of the few. We for sure need effective parameters in pop gen. But the idea that there is one scalar that will capture the complexity of population genetics and then can be used for the species as a whole and for every question is bonkers. And has been really damaging imo.
What is Ne? Everything.
What has it been hitherto? Nothing. What does it desire to be? Something 🧪 🌱🐋
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35532202/
What has it been hitherto? Nothing. What does it desire to be? Something 🧪 🌱🐋
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35532202/
What Is Ne, Anyway? - PubMed
Few doubt that effective population size (Ne) is one of the most important parameters in evolutionary biology, but how many can say they really understand the concept? Ne is the evolutionary analog of...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 11, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I guess I am one of the few. We for sure need effective parameters in pop gen. But the idea that there is one scalar that will capture the complexity of population genetics and then can be used for the species as a whole and for every question is bonkers. And has been really damaging imo.
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We show that despite the low policy compliance found by Culina et al. (2020), code- and data-sharing are much higher in journals WITH than WITHOUT a code-sharing policy:
1. Code-sharing: 27% (policy) vs 5% (no policy)
2. Data-sharing: 79% (policy) vs 37% (no policy)
📰 doi.org/10.32942/X21...
1. Code-sharing: 27% (policy) vs 5% (no policy)
2. Data-sharing: 79% (policy) vs 37% (no policy)
📰 doi.org/10.32942/X21...
Code-sharing policies are associated with increased reproducibility potential of ecological findings
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 7:41 AM
We show that despite the low policy compliance found by Culina et al. (2020), code- and data-sharing are much higher in journals WITH than WITHOUT a code-sharing policy:
1. Code-sharing: 27% (policy) vs 5% (no policy)
2. Data-sharing: 79% (policy) vs 37% (no policy)
📰 doi.org/10.32942/X21...
1. Code-sharing: 27% (policy) vs 5% (no policy)
2. Data-sharing: 79% (policy) vs 37% (no policy)
📰 doi.org/10.32942/X21...
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Our new preprint on designing the first custom SNP array for a #frog is out now! 🤩🐸🧬
Designed to improve conservation outcomes in the Endangered corroboree frog, we genotyped >900 frogs, looked at their population structure & diversity…
@keoghlabanu.bsky.social
doi.org/10.22541/au....
Designed to improve conservation outcomes in the Endangered corroboree frog, we genotyped >900 frogs, looked at their population structure & diversity…
@keoghlabanu.bsky.social
doi.org/10.22541/au....
December 10, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Our new preprint on designing the first custom SNP array for a #frog is out now! 🤩🐸🧬
Designed to improve conservation outcomes in the Endangered corroboree frog, we genotyped >900 frogs, looked at their population structure & diversity…
@keoghlabanu.bsky.social
doi.org/10.22541/au....
Designed to improve conservation outcomes in the Endangered corroboree frog, we genotyped >900 frogs, looked at their population structure & diversity…
@keoghlabanu.bsky.social
doi.org/10.22541/au....
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Do mutations that drive evolution improve many traits or few?
Does this change over the course of evolution?
Excited to share our work in PLOS Biology exploring these questions in the first 2 adaptive steps w/ Yuping Li, @gsherloc.bsky.social, @petrovadmitri.bsky.social 🧵
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Does this change over the course of evolution?
Excited to share our work in PLOS Biology exploring these questions in the first 2 adaptive steps w/ Yuping Li, @gsherloc.bsky.social, @petrovadmitri.bsky.social 🧵
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
A high-resolution two-step evolution experiment in yeast reveals a shift from pleiotropic to modular adaptation
Evolution is expected to involve mutations that are small and modular in effect, but recent findings suggest that mutations early in an adaptive process can have strong and pleiotropic effects. This s...
doi.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Do mutations that drive evolution improve many traits or few?
Does this change over the course of evolution?
Excited to share our work in PLOS Biology exploring these questions in the first 2 adaptive steps w/ Yuping Li, @gsherloc.bsky.social, @petrovadmitri.bsky.social 🧵
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Does this change over the course of evolution?
Excited to share our work in PLOS Biology exploring these questions in the first 2 adaptive steps w/ Yuping Li, @gsherloc.bsky.social, @petrovadmitri.bsky.social 🧵
doi.org/10.1371/jour...