@HeredityJournal
@heredityjournal.bsky.social
Society journal of @gensocuk.bsky.social - Heredity covers a broad range of topics within the field of genetics.
#genetics #popgen #genomics #evolution #phylogenetics #functional genomics #epigenetics #quantgen
#genetics #popgen #genomics #evolution #phylogenetics #functional genomics #epigenetics #quantgen
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🎧 📻 New Heredity Podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
Check out the shortlisted "student paper prize" manuscripts from 2025
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www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
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@gensocuk.bsky.social
Annual Heredity prize for the Best Student Paper 2025
We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2025. As before the quality of papers was very high ...
www.nature.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Check out the shortlisted "student paper prize" manuscripts from 2025
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www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
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www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Congratulations 🎉
We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2025. The award for this year goes to Eléonore Lavanchy from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
➡️ www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2025. The award for this year goes to Eléonore Lavanchy from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
➡️ www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Congratulations 🎉
We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2025. The award for this year goes to Eléonore Lavanchy from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
➡️ www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
We are pleased to announce the winners of the annual prize for the best student-led paper in Heredity for 2025. The award for this year goes to Eléonore Lavanchy from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
➡️ www.nature.com/collections/...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
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Check out the latest episode of the Heredity Podcast where @tillypemburysmith.bsky.social and @rhondasnook.bsky.social talk about their recent paper examining the effects of heat stress on mating systems!
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
@zoologysthlm.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Listen to the episode: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...
Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@zoologysthlm.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Listen to the episode: shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...
Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Facultative polyandry under heat stress and the evolutionary potential for climate-driven shifts in mating systems - Heredity
Heredity - Facultative polyandry under heat stress and the evolutionary potential for climate-driven shifts in mating systems
www.nature.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Check out the latest episode of the Heredity Podcast where @tillypemburysmith.bsky.social and @rhondasnook.bsky.social talk about their recent paper examining the effects of heat stress on mating systems!
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Had a fab time this week at Pop Group @popgroup2026.bsky.social and stoked to have won a prize for my poster on hybridisation in island birds! 🧬🐦⬛🏝️ #pgg59
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Had a fab time this week at Pop Group @popgroup2026.bsky.social and stoked to have won a prize for my poster on hybridisation in island birds! 🧬🐦⬛🏝️ #pgg59
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January 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Four days left to apply for two postdocs in social evolution with me and @dustinrubenstein.com
Based at the University of Bristol (UK), conducting fieldwork with wasps in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.
Based at the University of Bristol (UK), conducting fieldwork with wasps in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.
POSTDOC ALERT🚨
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Four days left to apply for two postdocs in social evolution with me and @dustinrubenstein.com
Based at the University of Bristol (UK), conducting fieldwork with wasps in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.
Based at the University of Bristol (UK), conducting fieldwork with wasps in Cameroon, Kenya, and South Africa.
🎙️ Reproduction involves decisions about when to mate and who with.
We know that high temperatures affect fertility, but how does this affect mating decisions and sexual selection within populations?
@tillypemburysmith.bsky.social and @rhondasnook.bsky.social talk about their work with fruit files
We know that high temperatures affect fertility, but how does this affect mating decisions and sexual selection within populations?
@tillypemburysmith.bsky.social and @rhondasnook.bsky.social talk about their work with fruit files
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
🎙️ Reproduction involves decisions about when to mate and who with.
We know that high temperatures affect fertility, but how does this affect mating decisions and sexual selection within populations?
@tillypemburysmith.bsky.social and @rhondasnook.bsky.social talk about their work with fruit files
We know that high temperatures affect fertility, but how does this affect mating decisions and sexual selection within populations?
@tillypemburysmith.bsky.social and @rhondasnook.bsky.social talk about their work with fruit files
A big shout out to our reviewers, authors and associate editors for sharing science, support, trust, kindness and wisdom.
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A big shout out to our reviewers, authors and associate editors for sharing science, support, trust, kindness and wisdom.
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
We wish you all the very best start to 2026 🎉
@gensocuk.bsky.social
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Honored to be part of this exciting symposium at #SMBE2026! Huge thanks to Marie Raynaud, @duret-lbbe.bsky.social, and @susanjohnston.bsky.social for the invitation. Looking forward to sharing insights on recombination and evolution with such an amazing community. See you in Copenhagen!!!
Are you a recombination researcher heading to #SMBE2026? Submit your abstract to our Symposium, organised by Marie Raynaud, Laurent Duret, and myself. We're excited to have Aurora Ruiz-Herrera from UAB Barcelona as our invited speaker.
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@aruizherrera.bsky.social @duret-lbbe.bsky.social
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@aruizherrera.bsky.social @duret-lbbe.bsky.social
SMBE2026 Symposium 11 | The evolution of recombination landscapes
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Honored to be part of this exciting symposium at #SMBE2026! Huge thanks to Marie Raynaud, @duret-lbbe.bsky.social, and @susanjohnston.bsky.social for the invitation. Looking forward to sharing insights on recombination and evolution with such an amazing community. See you in Copenhagen!!!
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Undergraduates interested in developing a proposal to join my research group this summer: please get in touch! 🐻🦅🦦💦🐺🐦🐠🦠
Applications for the Genetics Society Summer Studentship Grants are open! If you’re an undergrad itching to dive into real research, this is your doorway into the lab.
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Undergraduates interested in developing a proposal to join my research group this summer: please get in touch! 🐻🦅🦦💦🐺🐦🐠🦠
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Calling all aspiring geneticists! Apply for our Summer Studentship Grant and kick-start your research journey. Deadline: 31 March
Apply now: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
Apply now: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Calling all aspiring geneticists! Apply for our Summer Studentship Grant and kick-start your research journey. Deadline: 31 March
Apply now: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
Apply now: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
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The #European Meeting for PhD students in #Evolutionary #Biology (EMPSEB) is a student-led annual conference that brings together PhD researchers from around the world.
Germany, 8th to 12th of June, 2026
empsebconf.github.io
Germany, 8th to 12th of June, 2026
empsebconf.github.io
EMPSEB 31
The European Meeting for PhD students in Evolutionary Biology (EMPSEB)
empsebconf.github.io
December 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The #European Meeting for PhD students in #Evolutionary #Biology (EMPSEB) is a student-led annual conference that brings together PhD researchers from around the world.
Germany, 8th to 12th of June, 2026
empsebconf.github.io
Germany, 8th to 12th of June, 2026
empsebconf.github.io
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Are you an undergraduate student who is thinking about a career in genetics?
Take a look at the different research groups on our IGC website and contact the relevant group leader to see if they are willing to support an application to @gensocuk.bsky.social 👉 edin.ac/3MdeqxD
Take a look at the different research groups on our IGC website and contact the relevant group leader to see if they are willing to support an application to @gensocuk.bsky.social 👉 edin.ac/3MdeqxD
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Are you an undergraduate student who is thinking about a career in genetics?
Take a look at the different research groups on our IGC website and contact the relevant group leader to see if they are willing to support an application to @gensocuk.bsky.social 👉 edin.ac/3MdeqxD
Take a look at the different research groups on our IGC website and contact the relevant group leader to see if they are willing to support an application to @gensocuk.bsky.social 👉 edin.ac/3MdeqxD
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Listen to DEEPs Prof. Peter Hambäck in the latest episode of the @heredityjournal.bsky.social Podcast! He talks parasites and parasitoids, and how they're significant drivers of evolutionary change. 🎧👇
🎧 📻 New Heredity Podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Listen to DEEPs Prof. Peter Hambäck in the latest episode of the @heredityjournal.bsky.social Podcast! He talks parasites and parasitoids, and how they're significant drivers of evolutionary change. 🎧👇
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We made the cover of @heredityjournal.bsky.social ! Photo by @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We made the cover of @heredityjournal.bsky.social ! Photo by @cherinebaumgartner.bsky.social
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Applications for the Genetics Society Summer Studentship Grants are open! If you’re an undergrad itching to dive into real research, this is your doorway into the lab.
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Applications for the Genetics Society Summer Studentship Grants are open! If you’re an undergrad itching to dive into real research, this is your doorway into the lab.
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
More information here: genetics.org.uk/grants/summe...
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A few weeks ago, we gathered @royalsociety.org for a truly inspiring autumn meeting on Ancient Genomes and an outstanding public talk by Svante Pääbo @crick.ac.uk!
Thanks to everyone who joined and an special appreciation to @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and @janetk.bsky.social for organising!
Thanks to everyone who joined and an special appreciation to @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and @janetk.bsky.social for organising!
Last week we had a great meeting on "Ancient genomes: perspectives on human biology and medicine" at the @royalsociety.org and the @crick.ac.uk.
It was an amazing set of talks and posters. Thanks to the @gensocuk.bsky.social, co-host @janetk.bsky.social and all participants for a great day!
It was an amazing set of talks and posters. Thanks to the @gensocuk.bsky.social, co-host @janetk.bsky.social and all participants for a great day!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A few weeks ago, we gathered @royalsociety.org for a truly inspiring autumn meeting on Ancient Genomes and an outstanding public talk by Svante Pääbo @crick.ac.uk!
Thanks to everyone who joined and an special appreciation to @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and @janetk.bsky.social for organising!
Thanks to everyone who joined and an special appreciation to @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social and @janetk.bsky.social for organising!
🎧 📻 New Heredity Podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🎧 📻 New Heredity Podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them!
👂 www.nature.com/hdy/podcast
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final week to apply for @sangerinstitute.bsky.social PhD programme (due Nov 27th) -- free to apply, open to anyone anywhere, and a superb training opportunity for students interested in genomic approaches applied to biodiversity, pathogens, vectors, and of course us pesky humans.
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
final week to apply for @sangerinstitute.bsky.social PhD programme (due Nov 27th) -- free to apply, open to anyone anywhere, and a superb training opportunity for students interested in genomic approaches applied to biodiversity, pathogens, vectors, and of course us pesky humans.
Lineage-specific targets of positive selection in three leaf beetles correspond with defence capacity against their shared parasitoid wasp
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Lineage-specific targets of positive selection in three leaf beetles correspond with defence capacity against their shared parasitoid wasp - Heredity
Heredity - Lineage-specific targets of positive selection in three leaf beetles correspond with defence capacity against their shared parasitoid wasp
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Lineage-specific targets of positive selection in three leaf beetles correspond with defence capacity against their shared parasitoid wasp
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Genome sequence analysis provides evidence that a boreal crustacean colonised Svalbard well before the ongoing Atlantification of the Arctic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Genome sequence analysis provides evidence that a boreal crustacean colonised Svalbard well before the ongoing Atlantification of the Arctic - Heredity
Heredity - Genome sequence analysis provides evidence that a boreal crustacean colonised Svalbard well before the ongoing Atlantification of the Arctic
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Genome sequence analysis provides evidence that a boreal crustacean colonised Svalbard well before the ongoing Atlantification of the Arctic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Quantifying genetic and genotypic gain gaps in Eucalyptus: the hidden cost of ignoring inbreeding and dominance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Quantifying genetic and genotypic gain gaps in Eucalyptus: the hidden cost of ignoring inbreeding and dominance - Heredity
Heredity - Quantifying genetic and genotypic gain gaps in Eucalyptus: the hidden cost of ignoring inbreeding and dominance
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Quantifying genetic and genotypic gain gaps in Eucalyptus: the hidden cost of ignoring inbreeding and dominance
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Expansion of satellite DNAs derived from transposable elements in beetles with reduced diploid numbers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Expansion of satellite DNAs derived from transposable elements in beetles with reduced diploid numbers - Heredity
Heredity - Expansion of satellite DNAs derived from transposable elements in beetles with reduced diploid numbers
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Expansion of satellite DNAs derived from transposable elements in beetles with reduced diploid numbers
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Genomic analysis of differentiation and demography of the formerly conspecific agile (Dipodomys agilis) and Dulzura (D. simulans) kangaroo rats
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Genomic analysis of differentiation and demography of the formerly conspecific agile (Dipodomys agilis) and Dulzura (D. simulans) kangaroo rats - Heredity
Heredity - Genomic analysis of differentiation and demography of the formerly conspecific agile (Dipodomys agilis) and Dulzura (D. simulans) kangaroo rats
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Genomic analysis of differentiation and demography of the formerly conspecific agile (Dipodomys agilis) and Dulzura (D. simulans) kangaroo rats
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gensocuk.bsky.social