Yichao Zeng
@yichaozeng.bsky.social
曾逸超 Postdoctoral Fellow at École Normale Supérieure
Species interactions | Macroevolution | Evolutionary community ecology
Naturalist & Conservationist at heart.
Website: https://yichaozeng.github.io
Older posts: https://twitter.com/yichaozeng44
Species interactions | Macroevolution | Evolutionary community ecology
Naturalist & Conservationist at heart.
Website: https://yichaozeng.github.io
Older posts: https://twitter.com/yichaozeng44
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Yichao Zeng
@yichaozeng.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Symbionts, whether mutualistic or antagonistic, rely on their hosts for survival. In this paper with David Hembry, I show how the distinction between host and symbiont lifestyles could impact diversification through selection for & against phenotypic novelty. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Interesting for epidemiology as well as macroevolution and biogeography.
Rates of species interactions from co-phylogenies.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Rates of species interactions from co-phylogenies.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
May 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Interesting for epidemiology as well as macroevolution and biogeography.
Rates of species interactions from co-phylogenies.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Rates of species interactions from co-phylogenies.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio
Reposted by Yichao Zeng
New preprint reexamining codiversification in mycorrhizal symbioses! 🌱🍄 Spoiler: We found evidence of coevolution, but not cospeciation/codiversification. Congrats Fantine for your great work! 😁
Questioning the Evidence for Host-Symbiont Codiversification in Mycorrhizal Symbioses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.14.653600v1
May 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
New preprint reexamining codiversification in mycorrhizal symbioses! 🌱🍄 Spoiler: We found evidence of coevolution, but not cospeciation/codiversification. Congrats Fantine for your great work! 😁
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It is with SUPREME pleasure that I can finally share my most recently-published paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com !
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
Parasitism as a driver of host diversification - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Parasites and their hosts can have complex ecological interactions and evolutionary histories. This Perspective argues that parasites are a major driver of host speciation and outlines an empirical fr...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It is with SUPREME pleasure that I can finally share my most recently-published paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com !
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
We outline a framework for linking the microevolutionary effects of parasites to the macroevolutionary dynamics of their hosts (1/2).
Reposted by Yichao Zeng
I am pleased to announce The Macroevolution Lab at Ohio State opens this August! We will be housed in the Museum of Biological Diversity 🐟🐠🐡
April 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am pleased to announce The Macroevolution Lab at Ohio State opens this August! We will be housed in the Museum of Biological Diversity 🐟🐠🐡
Reposted by Yichao Zeng
Reposted by Yichao Zeng
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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I went to AAAS this weekend and talked to lots of scientists about how they're feeling In These Times
www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...
www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...
The mood is ‘uncertain, anxious’ at 2025’s first big U.S. science meeting
Scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers at the AAAS meeting shared fears and coping strategies.
www.sciencenews.org
February 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I went to AAAS this weekend and talked to lots of scientists about how they're feeling In These Times
www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...
www.sciencenews.org/article/defu...
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A careful dose of ignorance — a story of how my not reading two papers, many years ago, was vital to my career's path. waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/a...
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 PM
A careful dose of ignorance — a story of how my not reading two papers, many years ago, was vital to my career's path. waynemaddison.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/a...
I'm excited to see our paper being part of this special issue!
For an introduction to the issue you can read the editorial from our Guest Editors here:
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
academic.oup.com/jeb/article/...
An introduction to the special issue: inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
One of the major remaining challenges in evolutionary biology is to explain how evolution within and among populations (i.e., microevolution) gives rise to
academic.oup.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 AM
I'm excited to see our paper being part of this special issue!
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New Special Issue from our flagship journal @jevbio.bsky.social! This arose from a symposium at ESEB2022 in Prague - we are delighted to see it come to fruition!
Well done to the Guest Eds and all contributing authors 👏
#macroevolution #microevolution #speciation #evolution #diversification
Well done to the Guest Eds and all contributing authors 👏
#macroevolution #microevolution #speciation #evolution #diversification
Our December issue is now online! A special issue Guest Edited by @masahitotsuboi.bsky.social, Theo Gaboriau and Thibault Latreille:
Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Inferring macroevolutionary patterns and processes from microevolutionary mechanisms
ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
Artwork by Alberto Garcia Jimenez
Volume 37 Issue 12 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | Oxford Academic
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
ow.ly
December 3, 2024 at 10:33 AM
New Special Issue from our flagship journal @jevbio.bsky.social! This arose from a symposium at ESEB2022 in Prague - we are delighted to see it come to fruition!
Well done to the Guest Eds and all contributing authors 👏
#macroevolution #microevolution #speciation #evolution #diversification
Well done to the Guest Eds and all contributing authors 👏
#macroevolution #microevolution #speciation #evolution #diversification
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Now our special issue on the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution is online @jevbio.bsky.social! We hope that it marks the beginning of a new era of exciting discoveries.
link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
December 3, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Now our special issue on the relationship between microevolution and macroevolution is online @jevbio.bsky.social! We hope that it marks the beginning of a new era of exciting discoveries.
link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
link to the issue: ow.ly/LHol50UjJql
link to the editorial: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
Reposted by Yichao Zeng
If you are looking for a graduate program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, please considering joining us in Tucson, AZ! Our deadline is December 2 this year for admission to our Fall 2025 cohort. You can find out more about EEB and applying to our program here: eeb.arizona.edu/graduate/pro...
November 14, 2024 at 6:36 PM
If you are looking for a graduate program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, please considering joining us in Tucson, AZ! Our deadline is December 2 this year for admission to our Fall 2025 cohort. You can find out more about EEB and applying to our program here: eeb.arizona.edu/graduate/pro...
Symbionts, whether mutualistic or antagonistic, rely on their hosts for survival. In this paper with David Hembry, I show how the distinction between host and symbiont lifestyles could impact diversification through selection for & against phenotypic novelty. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
November 20, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Symbionts, whether mutualistic or antagonistic, rely on their hosts for survival. In this paper with David Hembry, I show how the distinction between host and symbiont lifestyles could impact diversification through selection for & against phenotypic novelty. doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...