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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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CALL FOR PAPERS 📣

Special Issue: #GenomeArchitecture and #Evolution, organised by @eseb.bsky.social STN "STRiVE":

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2uza525c

@ruifaria.bsky.social @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social @clairemerot.bsky.social @petrnguyen.bsky.social @aruizherrera.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Evidence for toxin-encoding coinfections driving intransitive dynamics between allelopathic phenotypes in natural #yeast populations:

@tommytraverscook.bsky.social et al.

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Evidence for toxin-encoding coinfections driving intransitive dynamics between allelopathic phenotypes in natural yeast populations
Abstract. Competitive intransitivity, or non-hierarchical competitive interactions, such as those exemplified by the rock-paper-scissors game where no sing
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February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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PERSPECTIVE: The evolutionary potential of symbiosis

Is symbiosis is a source of innovation? Which evolutionary mechanisms could explain how symbiosis drives or hinders innovation?

@treyjscott.bsky.social

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The evolutionary potential of symbiosis
Abstract. Symbiosis is considered a source of evolutionary innovation. Example innovations that have evolved in symbioses include new organs, morphological
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February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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Using #simulation, we show that mutants can invade and rescue a population faced with unsustainable environmental change. Mutants can succeed due to both #ecological and #evolvability advantages that emerge in rapidly changing, complex environments:

Jeremy Draghi

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Evolutionary rescue by adaptive specialization in rapidly changing environments
Abstract. Theory suggests that a population with a narrower niche can adapt more rapidly to environmental change, all else being equal. However, a narrow n
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February 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Heat can make #fruitfly males sterile at temperatures below their lethal limits. We explore if tissue-specific heat shock protein expression can explain why using 6 #Drosophila species:

@chsmithson.bsky.social et al.
@ejduncan.bsky.social @amandabretman.bsky.social

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Expression of heat shock proteins and thermal sensitivity of male fertility across six Drosophila species
Abstract. Understanding the mechanisms that confer resilience to thermal stress is crucial in the context of climate change. Recently there has been increa
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February 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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February issue of @jevbio.bsky.social online now!

Read it here:
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📸 Juvenile Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) perched on a branch.
Photo Credit: C. Ashlyn Crain.
Volume 39 Issue 2 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
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February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Do you like your learned society and what it does for you and your research community? Then publish in their journal!

This paper by @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social & Co shows that it will only do good, and comes with a handy database of academy-friendly journals. 👇
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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NEW PAPER with @arvidagren.bsky.social and Manus Patten on evolutionary reversions in individuality now out (as an advance article) at @jevbio.bsky.social (see academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...). Thread below! [1/8]
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Evolutionary transitions and reversions in individuality
Abstract. Biological individuality exists in different forms—unicellular, multicellular, colonial, etc.—which have arisen through evolutionary transitions
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January 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Responsible publication of your research!

To help you do this @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social and coauthors have put together a handy database of academia-friendly journals, DAFNEE. You can read about it in their article recently published in @jevbio.bsky.social:

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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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January 28, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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During directional selection, advantageous trait values tend to become associated with earlier reproduction, accelerating the evolutionary response of the trait mean. This can lead to directional change even after selection has stopped:

Mitteroecker (2025)

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January 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Comparative studies on genetic differentiation between two closely related species of #Drosophila; D. bipectinata and D. malerkotliana:

Singh et al. (2025)

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January 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Are Darwin's finches affected by climate change? Time-series analyses of beak and body traits, precipitation and temperature show finches are a resilient system, responding mainly to short-term weather variation rather than to long-term climate change:

Carrión et al. (2025)

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Darwin’s finches and climate change: insights from a resilient system
Abstract. Climate change is known to influence biodiversity worldwide, with changes in organismal traits observed in many populations and species. Such eff
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January 22, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@kztwyman.bsky.social & @andygardner.bsky.social (2025)
#OpenAccess
A formal theory of group-level adaptation for obligate eusociality
Abstract. Darwin argued that natural selection leads organisms to appear as if they are striving to maximize their fitness. This idea is readily recognized
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January 22, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Some Hawaiian cricket populations are losing the ability to sing. Males on Oahu invest more in sperm competition than males on Kauai by making more sperm and packing more proteins to increase sperm viability and slow female remating:

@jessiectanner.bsky.social et al. (2025)

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Ejaculate investment differs by population, but not wing morph or perceived sperm competition risk, in Pacific field crickets
Abstract. Conspicuous sexual signals are frequently under selection from conflicting sources, such as natural versus sexual selection and precopulatory ver
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January 22, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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RESEARCH ARTICLE:

@ektakochar.bsky.social and colleagues (2025) report that temperature effects on longevity in fruit flies are moderated by the mitochondrial genotype:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@dk-dowling.bsky.social
Mitochondrial genotypes affect thermal plasticity of longevity in Drosophila melanogaster
Abstract. Sequence variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was once considered neutral, but growing evidence indicates it can influence metabolic, physiolog
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January 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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RESEARCH ARTICLE:

Early diet leaves a lasting mark! Mismatched mitochondrial + nuclear genes slow fly development & shift adult food choices. G×E shape metabolism & behaviour:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

@stefanobettinazzi.bsky.social et al. (2025)
@fcamus.bsky.social
@dk-dowling.bsky.social
Mitonuclear interactions and early-life diet shape adult nutritional behaviour
Abstract. Mitochondrial function relies on close coordination between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Disruption to this coordination—via mitonuclea
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January 22, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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RESEARCH ARTICLE:

Convergent pathways of reductive mitochondrial evolution characterized with hypercubic inference:

Robert Glastad and @mitomaths.bsky.social (2025)

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Convergent pathways of reductive mitochondrial evolution characterized with hypercubic inference
Abstract. For a striking example of mitochondrial behaviour beyond adenosine triphosphate (ATP) generation, consider mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs
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January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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PERSPECTIVE: Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, are challenged to generate ATP under variable conditions and needs. Animals maintain energy production in the short term by flexibly adapting mitochondria and in the long term through genetic changes:

Hill & Hood (2025)

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January 22, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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PERSPECTIVE:

Can transcriptome size and off-target effects explain the contrasting evolution of mitochondrial vs nuclear RNA editing?

Daniel Sloan (2025)

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Can transcriptome size and off-target effects explain the contrasting evolution of mitochondrial vs nuclear RNA editing?
Abstract. Mitochondrial RNA editing has evolved independently in numerous eukaryotic lineages, where it generally restores conserved sequences and function
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January 22, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Check out our latest Special Section guest edited by @mitopozzi.bsky.social and Sophie Breton:

Beyond ATP: New insight into mitochondrial function and evolution

🎨 Cover image - artwork by Iain G Johnston

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January 22, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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The #editorschoice for this month is Forum Article:

Leaving academia: insights from evolutionary biologists on their career transitions and job satisfaction

Betancourt et al.
@claireasher.bsky.social
@liverpooluni.bsky.social

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Leaving academia: insights from evolutionary biologists on their career transitions and job satisfaction
Abstract. Many who have obtained PhDs in evolutionary biology will ultimately pursue careers that fall outside a narrow definition of an academic career. A
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January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Wishing all of our followers a Happy New Year 2026! We kick off with the January Issue of JEB online now:

academic.oup.com/jeb/issue/39/1

📸 A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) in the water at the Toba Aquarium, Japan. Photo Credit Tomohiro Harano
January 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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amandabretman.bsky.social
📢Out now in @jevbio.bsky.social, we tried to work out whether heat limits of survival or fertility are reflected in heat shock protein expression across Drosophila 🪰 species. The answer is, well, a bit. With the wonderful @chsmithson.bsky.social @ejduncan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Expression of heat shock proteins and thermal sensitivity of male fertility across six Drosophila species
Abstract. Understanding the mechanisms that confer resilience to thermal stress is crucial in the context of climate change. Recently there has been increa
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Just a week left to apply for a position in our Editorial Board!
jevbio.bsky.social Journal of Evolutionary Biology @jevbio.bsky.social · Dec 4
Are you an evolutionary biologist? Would you like to support your society journal? We are looking for new editorial board members across the field of evolutionary biology:

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Learn more and find out how to apply: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...

DEADLINE 19th January 2026 📣
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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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:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
December 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM