Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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#societyjournal (ESEB), covering #evolution across all organisms
#genetics #genomics #selection #lifehistory #evodevo #popgen #theory #speciation #morphometrics #phylogenetics #phylogeography
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@kztwyman.bsky.social & @andygardner.bsky.social mathematically connect the dynamics of natural selection to optimisation to provide formal justification for viewing obligately eusocial colonies as adaptive individuals in their own right—that is, superorganism:
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December 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@kztwyman.bsky.social & @andygardner.bsky.social mathematically connect the dynamics of natural selection to optimisation to provide formal justification for viewing obligately eusocial colonies as adaptive individuals in their own right—that is, superorganism:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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CALL OPEN NOW - Would you like to join the JEB Editorial Board?
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
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We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
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December 16, 2025 at 12:39 PM
CALL OPEN NOW - Would you like to join the JEB Editorial Board?
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
📣 Deadline for applications - Monday 19th January 📣
We'd love to receive applications from across the field of evolutionary biology!
Plant phenology is often involved in local adaptation. Genetic variation in phenology of Eurasian #Arabidopsis predicted continental patterns of natural #phenology. But locally, within regions, phenology of Arabidopsis individuals has low #heritability:
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DeLeo et al.
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DeLeo et al.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Plant phenology is often involved in local adaptation. Genetic variation in phenology of Eurasian #Arabidopsis predicted continental patterns of natural #phenology. But locally, within regions, phenology of Arabidopsis individuals has low #heritability:
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DeLeo et al.
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DeLeo et al.
Carpenter #ants possess symbiotic #bacteria that are evolving in high-altitude forests! Our sequenced endosymbionts from CA’s Sierra Nevada Mts reveal their gene losses & adaptations to montane life. #Evolution #Genomics.
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Maynard et al @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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Maynard et al @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Hidden genetic diversity among Blochmanniella endosymbionts of closely related carpenter ant populations
Abstract. Carpenter ants (Family Formicidae; Genus Camponotus) are a globally distributed, arboreal clade. They harbor an intracellular obligate bacterial
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December 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Carpenter #ants possess symbiotic #bacteria that are evolving in high-altitude forests! Our sequenced endosymbionts from CA’s Sierra Nevada Mts reveal their gene losses & adaptations to montane life. #Evolution #Genomics.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Maynard et al @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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Maynard et al @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Impact of genotype-dependent dispersal on mutation fixation in subdivided populations:
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Marrec, 2025 @unibe.ch @unil.bsky.social
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Marrec, 2025 @unibe.ch @unil.bsky.social
Impact of genotype-dependent dispersal on mutation fixation in subdivided populations
Abstract. In the wild, every population exhibits a certain degree of spatial structure. Some populations are subdivided into demes, between which individua
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December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Impact of genotype-dependent dispersal on mutation fixation in subdivided populations:
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Marrec, 2025 @unibe.ch @unil.bsky.social
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Marrec, 2025 @unibe.ch @unil.bsky.social
A common garden study reveals how the waterway weed seep #monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata) in New Zealand uses adaptive plasticity to increase seed output in high nutrient conditions:
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Millar & Chapman
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Millar & Chapman
Adaptive nutrient responses vary with growing environment but not altitudinal origin in an invasive plant
Abstract. Invasive plants often thrive in nutrient-rich environments because of their superior ability to capture and efficiently exploit nutrients. This f
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December 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A common garden study reveals how the waterway weed seep #monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata) in New Zealand uses adaptive plasticity to increase seed output in high nutrient conditions:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Millar & Chapman
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Millar & Chapman
NEW METHODS ARTICLE: Phylogenetic GLMMs open doors to study evolution of discrete traits. We show how binary models extend to ordinal & nominal traits, using bird data, and provide tutorials to make these methods accessible to evolutionary biologists:
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Mizuno et al.
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Mizuno et al.
Promoting the use of phylogenetic multinomial generalised mixed-effects model to understand the evolution of discrete traits
Abstract. Phylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs) are fundamental tools for understanding trait evolution across species. While linear models are widely us
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December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW METHODS ARTICLE: Phylogenetic GLMMs open doors to study evolution of discrete traits. We show how binary models extend to ordinal & nominal traits, using bird data, and provide tutorials to make these methods accessible to evolutionary biologists:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Mizuno et al.
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Mizuno et al.
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It’s time to publish responsibly! (And has been for a while, quite frankly...)
To help you do so, @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article just out in @jevbio.bsky.social.
To help you do so, @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article just out in @jevbio.bsky.social.
Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
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Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
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Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
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December 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It’s time to publish responsibly! (And has been for a while, quite frankly...)
To help you do so, @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article just out in @jevbio.bsky.social.
To help you do so, @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article just out in @jevbio.bsky.social.
Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
Time to publish responsibly: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology
Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Delighted to publish Forum Article by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social et al:
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
"Journals run by learned societies or universities have more ethical policies while being cheaper and similarly cited"
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Thank you for choosing JEB - we encourage the support of #societyjournals
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Our paper in a great journal!
Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behaviour:
Ausprey et al. 2025
@thecowbirdlab.bsky.social
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Ausprey et al. 2025
@thecowbirdlab.bsky.social
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Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behaviour
Abstract. Foraging ecology and visual ability are often strongly related across animal lineages, as many organisms identify food sources by sight. Birds pa
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December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Our paper in a great journal!
For cannibalistic #dragonfly larvae, chemical cues from conspecifics can signal either danger or dinner, shifting behavior from self-defense to foraging. This causes nonlinear, density-dependent effects on heterospecific prey:
Sysiak et al.: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Sysiak et al.: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
The nonlinear effect of increasing cannibalistic predator density on heterospecific prey predation
Abstract. In cannibalistic interactions, the same chemical cue may signal either threat or hunting opportunity, depending on the receiver’s perspective. In
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December 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For cannibalistic #dragonfly larvae, chemical cues from conspecifics can signal either danger or dinner, shifting behavior from self-defense to foraging. This causes nonlinear, density-dependent effects on heterospecific prey:
Sysiak et al.: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Sysiak et al.: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird #sparrows
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
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@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird
Abstract. When altricial birds hatch, they are unable to regulate their own temperature, but by the time they fledge they are thermally independent. Early-
doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird #sparrows
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@lucywinder.bsky.social et al.
Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behaviour:
Ausprey et al. 2025
@thecowbirdlab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Ausprey et al. 2025
@thecowbirdlab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behaviour
Abstract. Foraging ecology and visual ability are often strongly related across animal lineages, as many organisms identify food sources by sight. Birds pa
doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behaviour:
Ausprey et al. 2025
@thecowbirdlab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Ausprey et al. 2025
@thecowbirdlab.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
How do short-lived plants colonize new habitats? In L. longirostris, adaptation during range expansion likely relied on standing variation, showing how existing diversity facilitates adaptation:
Mayol et al 2025
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@creaf.cat
@inrae-france.bsky.social
@univbordeaux.bsky.social
Mayol et al 2025
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@creaf.cat
@inrae-france.bsky.social
@univbordeaux.bsky.social
Genomic signatures of adaptation along an expansion route in the colonizing plant Leontodon longirostris (Asteraceae)
Abstract. Species’ range shifts are common in nature, often involving the colonization of new habitats. Identifying the evolutionary processes responsible
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December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How do short-lived plants colonize new habitats? In L. longirostris, adaptation during range expansion likely relied on standing variation, showing how existing diversity facilitates adaptation:
Mayol et al 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@creaf.cat
@inrae-france.bsky.social
@univbordeaux.bsky.social
Mayol et al 2025
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@creaf.cat
@inrae-france.bsky.social
@univbordeaux.bsky.social
Multigenerational exposure to high-fat and high-sugar diets exacerbates reproductive distress in an insect model
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Merkel et al. 2025 @jellers.bsky.social
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Merkel et al. 2025 @jellers.bsky.social
Multigenerational exposure to high-fat and high-sugar diets exacerbates reproductive distress in an insect model
Abstract. In several insect models, high-fat diets and high-sugar diets have detrimental effects, but it is largely unknown if multigenerational exposure c
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December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Multigenerational exposure to high-fat and high-sugar diets exacerbates reproductive distress in an insect model
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Merkel et al. 2025 @jellers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Merkel et al. 2025 @jellers.bsky.social
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Thermal physiology meets quantitative genetics - our new paper explores the drivers of body temperature in nestling sparrows #ornithology
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Separating the genetic and environmental drivers of body temperature during the development of endothermy in an altricial bird
Abstract. When altricial birds hatch, they are unable to regulate their own temperature, but by the time they fledge they are thermally independent. Early-
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December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Thermal physiology meets quantitative genetics - our new paper explores the drivers of body temperature in nestling sparrows #ornithology
@jevbio.bsky.social
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@jevbio.bsky.social
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#Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating the #coevolution between an #ant social parasite and its #host:
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Erwann et al. 2025
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Erwann et al. 2025
Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating the coevolution between an ant social parasite and its host
Abstract. Host–parasite relationships are often shaped by coevolutionary arms races. While abiotic influences on these dynamics are well documented, a comb
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November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#Climate and parasite pressure jointly shape traits mediating the #coevolution between an #ant social parasite and its #host:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Erwann et al. 2025
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Erwann et al. 2025
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Deadline: 28th February 2026
Deadline: 28th February 2026
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New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
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November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Please consider submitting a paper!
Deadline: 28th February 2026
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Thanks for the mention @jevbio.bsky.social!
And go read the paper from @learibeiro.bsky.social and colleagues about the effect of MHC alleles on infection probabilities of a sexually transmitted disease in a seabird!
And go read the paper from @learibeiro.bsky.social and colleagues about the effect of MHC alleles on infection probabilities of a sexually transmitted disease in a seabird!
November issue of JEB currently online:
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#onthecover: Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on an abandoned military structure on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska. 📸 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
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#onthecover: Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on an abandoned military structure on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska. 📸 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks for the mention @jevbio.bsky.social!
And go read the paper from @learibeiro.bsky.social and colleagues about the effect of MHC alleles on infection probabilities of a sexually transmitted disease in a seabird!
And go read the paper from @learibeiro.bsky.social and colleagues about the effect of MHC alleles on infection probabilities of a sexually transmitted disease in a seabird!
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New paper: "A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality", with Kalyani Twyman (@kztwyman.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
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#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
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#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New paper: "A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality", with Kalyani Twyman (@kztwyman.bsky.social) #OpenAccess
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#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
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#Image #GoogleGemini @jevbio.bsky.social #OA
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Happy to share that our paper ‘a formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality’ (with @andygardner.bsky.social) is now out in @jevbio.bsky.social advances.
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#OpenAccess #Eusociality #GroupAdaptation #FormalDarwinism
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#OpenAccess #Eusociality #GroupAdaptation #FormalDarwinism
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy to share that our paper ‘a formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality’ (with @andygardner.bsky.social) is now out in @jevbio.bsky.social advances.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
#OpenAccess #Eusociality #GroupAdaptation #FormalDarwinism
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#OpenAccess #Eusociality #GroupAdaptation #FormalDarwinism
November issue of JEB currently online:
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#onthecover: Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on an abandoned military structure on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska. 📸 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38...
#onthecover: Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on an abandoned military structure on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska. 📸 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
November issue of JEB currently online:
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38...
#onthecover: Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on an abandoned military structure on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska. 📸 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/38...
#onthecover: Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on an abandoned military structure on Middleton Island, Gulf of Alaska. 📸 @tonyrinaud.bsky.social
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We're looking for papers! If you're working on internal conflicts - selfish genetic elements, cancer, etc. - consider submitting your work to our special issue. You'll be in good company, plus all the other benefits that come with supporting society journals like JEB.
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New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
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#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
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#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We're looking for papers! If you're working on internal conflicts - selfish genetic elements, cancer, etc. - consider submitting your work to our special issue. You'll be in good company, plus all the other benefits that come with supporting society journals like JEB.
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New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
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#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
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#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS!!
New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
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New Special Issue on "Foundations of Internal Conflicts":
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#internalconflict #selfishelements #meioticdrive #imprintedgenes #reproductiveparasitism