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Stephen I Wright
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Plant evolutionary genomics
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A final new paper out from the lab, work from Steve Johnson, @joannarifkin.bsky.social & @stepheniwright.bsky.social

We asked what maintains the striking variation in floral color, size, and shape within and among populations of Dame's Rocket, Hesperis matronalis
Color, size, shape: The drivers of floral variation in Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket)
Evolutionary biologists have long been intrigued by the factors that sustain genetic and phenotypic variation within and among natural populations. Polymorphisms underlying components of floral displa...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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New work now out led by Mark Hibbins and Cassandre Pyne : new statistical methods for quantifying rearrangements suggest highly elevated rates of chromosomal change associated with the evolution of separate sexes in Rumex!
rejectresubmit.bsky.social Mark Hibbins, Great Lakes Swashbuckler @rejectresubmit.bsky.social · 9d
Very excited to share the capstone of my postdoc work with @stepheniwright.bsky.social, co-led by Wright lab grad student Cassandre with contributions from many others.

We combined new methods with high-quality Rumex assemblies to dive into the remarkable history of rearrangement in this genus.
Rapid evolution of synteny associated with multiple origins of dioecy and XY sex determination
Chromosomal rearrangements are a major driver of evolutionary innovation, shaping processes including local adaptation, speciation, and sex chromosome evolution. Multispecies synteny datasets are rich...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Congrats to Dr. Meng Yuan, who defended her PhD on the genome-wide potential for ploidy & sexual conflict in plants! Many thanks to @judithmank.bsky.social for serving as her external examiner. A fun collaboration w/ @stepheniwright.bsky.social and also @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social for a paper!
Photo of Dr. Meng Yuan (center), and Aneil Agrawal, Megan Bontrager, John Stinchcombe, Judith Mank, Stephen Wright, and Asher Cutter.
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Please share broadly: I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on a collaborative project on the temporal population genomics of invasive Capeweed (using contemporary and herbarium genomics), with ‪‪@shaky-dingo.bsky.social‬ and colleagues
August 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Yuan, @stepheniwright.bsky.social‬, @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social‬, et al. examined signatures of selection across life stages in the angiosperm Rumex hastatulus and the moss Ceratodon purpureus.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf138

#genome #evolution #PlantSky
Testing for the Genomic Footprint of Conflict Between Life Stages in an Angiosperm and Moss Species
Abstract. The maintenance of genetic variation by balancing selection is of considerable interest to evolutionary biologists. An important but understudied
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August 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Presenting Dr. @bmsacchi.bsky.social !! Bianca successfully defended her thesis on Rumex sex chromosome degeneration and regulatory evolution today. Bravo!!
August 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Waterhemp has recently evolved separate M & F sexes from a monoecious ancestor. @jmkreiner.bsky.social @stepheniwright.bsky.social &co reveal surprising #chromosomal complexity associated with this transition, challenging assumptions of how separate #sexes evolve @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46sTg6u
Male waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) displaying the compact, dense inflorescence structure characteristic of staminate plants. The reddish-purple flower spikes contain numerous small flowers, each bearing the yellow anthers that produce pollen in this dioecious species. Image credit: Julia Kreiner.
July 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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The SMBE Lifetime Contribution Award winner is Chung-I Wu.

⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details...

📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards
June 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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SMBE is delighted to announce our 2025 Faculty Award Winners!

Today, we focus on our SMBE Early-Career Excellence Award winner, Alison Feder (@alisonfeder.bsky.social)

⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details...

📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards
June 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The winner of the SMBE Mid-Career Excellence Award is Amanda Larracuente (University of Rochester).

⭐ 2025 Winners: members.smbe.org/news/Details...

📄 Information on the Faculty Awards: www.smbe.org/faculty-awards
June 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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The University of Toronto's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department invites postdoc applications. Salary: $70K; start: July–Dec 2025. Deadline: April 25, 2025. More: https://eeb.utoronto.ca/employment-2/ #postdoc
Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Employment - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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March 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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🔹 SMBE 2025 IDEA Symposium 🔹
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We invite abstract submissions for the #SMBE IDEA Symposium to share initiatives that foster a more inclusive and equitable community.

🚨 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗯 𝟭𝟱

🔗 Submit your abstract here! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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February 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Message from SMBE Leadership
March 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Final version of this out now in that beautiful Amnat typesetting! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 6, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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Now out, new work led by @rejectresubmit.bsky.social - multiple origins of dioecy and sex chromosomes and genome-wide rearrangements shape the phylogenomics of Rumex
evolletters.bsky.social Evolution Letters @evolletters.bsky.social · Dec 4
What forces drive genome evolution in groups with young sex chromosomes?
doi.org/10.1093/evle...

Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @rejectresubmit.bsky.social, @joannarifkin.bsky.social, @bmsacchi.bsky.social, @stepheniwright.bsky.social et al

📷: Joanna Rifkin
A photo of Rumex hastatulus, a flowering plant with clusters of small, red flowers.
December 7, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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🚨Exciting Update!🚨

We’re thrilled to announce @gillesfischer.bsky.social as our confirmed keynote speaker!

Join us for the @official-smbe.bsky.social Satellite Meeting: Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution 🧬

Puerto Varas, Chile
🗓️ October 6-8, 2025
November 29, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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rejectresubmit.bsky.social
My postdoc work on phylogenomics of Rumex is out ahead of print in Evolution Letters!

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Phylogenomics resolves key relationships in Rumex and uncovers a dynamic history of independently evolving sex chromosomes
Abstract. Sex chromosomes have evolved independently many times across eukaryotes. Despite a considerable body of literature on sex chromosome evolution, t
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November 23, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Doubly great news: SMBE is now here, and Maud Tenaillon is our new EIC for GBE!!!
official-smbe.bsky.social Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution @official-smbe.bsky.social · Nov 21
Announcement: New Editor-in-Chief of Genome Biology and Evolution

We are excited to announce Dr. Maud Tenaillon as a new Editor-in-Chief of Genome Biology and Evolution, starting January 2025. Maud will join Laura A. Katz, Smith College, who continues her term as EIC.

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November 21, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Very exciting news!
naubinhorth.bsky.social Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · Nov 21
I have big news! We are delighted to announce that our proposal to host the annual Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution conference in Québec city in 2027 has been chosen! The Local Organising Committee is Christian Landry, Jullien Flynn, Jean-Baptiste Leducq, Edel Lopez, Sophie Breton and me!
The SMBE logo is at the top with a text announcement: Dear SMBE Members. We are delighted to announce that Québec City (Canada) has been selected to host our annual conference in 2027. The meeting will be held from June 20 to 24, 2027, at the Québec City Convention Centre. The facility is in the city center, within a 10-minute walk from the Historic District of Old Québec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, major tourist attractions, and some of Canada’s finest restaurants. The Local Organising Committee will be Christian Landry, Nadia Aubin-Horth, Jullien Flynn, Jean-Baptiste Leducq and Edel Lopez from Université Laval, and Sophie Breton from Université de Montréal. They are working to make this a memorable event while keeping it affordable and accessible to our diverse community. They are looking forward to hosting you in 2027. Best regards, SMBE Business Office
November 21, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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Congrats to lab member Grace Zhang on the publication of her first dissertation chapter in @newphyt.bsky.social !

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Herbicidal interference: glyphosate drives both the ecology and evolution of plant–herbivore interactions
The coevolution of plants and their insect herbivores reflects eco-evolutionary dynamics at work – ecological interactions influence adaptive traits, which feed back to shape the broader ecological ...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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I'm recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at the University of New Orleans starting in Fall 2025. Research topics will focus on building and using phylogenies to study the diversification of birds, with an emphasis on Neotropical bird radiations. Contact me if interested.
November 16, 2024 at 2:38 AM
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Hot off the press! Check out the latest version of our deep dive into Y chromosome degeneration and TE invasion in Rumex hastatulus!
@stepheniwright.bsky.social @zoehumphries.bsky.social
April 12, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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MSU's EEB program is looking for one or more asst profs in quantitative ecology or evolutionary biology. Review begins Nov 8, so hurry up and get those applications in! Please repost.
careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/51...
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October 18, 2023 at 10:28 PM
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SMBE2024 Puerto Vallarta has now opened the call for symposium proposals! Proposals are due Nov 10th.Results will be announced Dec 6th! #SMBE24
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October 11, 2023 at 10:22 PM
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Know any up and coming computational/statistical ecologists?Please encourage to join us in Toronto EEB! New Asst Prof faculty position jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
October 8, 2023 at 5:30 PM