Inês Miranda
@inesmiranda.bsky.social
Evolutionary biologist & researcher at @evochange.bsky.social lab, CIBIO, BIOPOLIS, U. Porto.
Evolution, adaptation, genomics, colouration, natural history collections, science communication, weasels. 🐾🧬🏛️
Evolution, adaptation, genomics, colouration, natural history collections, science communication, weasels. 🐾🧬🏛️
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Modestly, we decided to review a century's worth of theories of balancing selection :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A century of theories of balancing selection
Traits that affect organismal fitness are often highly genetically variable. This genetic variation is vital for populations to adapt to their environments, but it is also surprising given that natur...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Modestly, we decided to review a century's worth of theories of balancing selection :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📢New PhD paper out!
Science communication & education are one of my priorities, which is why, a few years ago, I accepted the challenge to develop a one-year scientific project with local high school students.
What started as a side project has now turned into a paper!
doi.org/10.20897/ejs...
Science communication & education are one of my priorities, which is why, a few years ago, I accepted the challenge to develop a one-year scientific project with local high school students.
What started as a side project has now turned into a paper!
doi.org/10.20897/ejs...
Promoting Scientific Literacy in High School: Insights from Short-Term STEM Collaborative Projects
Fostering scientific literacy is a key societal goal to equip individuals with skills to navigate and make informed decisions in an increasingly complex world. The development of project-based learnin...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📢New PhD paper out!
Science communication & education are one of my priorities, which is why, a few years ago, I accepted the challenge to develop a one-year scientific project with local high school students.
What started as a side project has now turned into a paper!
doi.org/10.20897/ejs...
Science communication & education are one of my priorities, which is why, a few years ago, I accepted the challenge to develop a one-year scientific project with local high school students.
What started as a side project has now turned into a paper!
doi.org/10.20897/ejs...
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🙌 Many thanks to all the speakers and participants who made our Genomics for Biodiversity Conference a success!
It was a wonderful opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and learn from @biogeneurope.bsky.social case studies and their results.
#genomics #biodiversity #conservation #bioeconomy
It was a wonderful opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and learn from @biogeneurope.bsky.social case studies and their results.
#genomics #biodiversity #conservation #bioeconomy
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🙌 Many thanks to all the speakers and participants who made our Genomics for Biodiversity Conference a success!
It was a wonderful opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and learn from @biogeneurope.bsky.social case studies and their results.
#genomics #biodiversity #conservation #bioeconomy
It was a wonderful opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and learn from @biogeneurope.bsky.social case studies and their results.
#genomics #biodiversity #conservation #bioeconomy
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Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world.
Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91
Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world
www.newscientist.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world.
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The first Aguillon Lab paper is officially out in early view at Evolution!! Led by postdoc @devonderaad.bsky.social, we’ve explored the hybrid zone between black-headed and rose-breasted grosbeaks in the Great Plains. #ornithology #hybridization #speciation #evolution doi.org/10.1093/evol...
September 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The first Aguillon Lab paper is officially out in early view at Evolution!! Led by postdoc @devonderaad.bsky.social, we’ve explored the hybrid zone between black-headed and rose-breasted grosbeaks in the Great Plains. #ornithology #hybridization #speciation #evolution doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Really great review on recombination-aware phylogenomics.
Highlights how we can leverage recombination rate variation to resolve the evolutionary histories of species, and better understand the evolutionary processes of speciation and hybridization.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Highlights how we can leverage recombination rate variation to resolve the evolutionary histories of species, and better understand the evolutionary processes of speciation and hybridization.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Recombination-aware phylogenomics
Phylogenetic variation, recombination rate evolution, and comparative genome structure and organization have typically been explored in isolation. The…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Really great review on recombination-aware phylogenomics.
Highlights how we can leverage recombination rate variation to resolve the evolutionary histories of species, and better understand the evolutionary processes of speciation and hybridization.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Highlights how we can leverage recombination rate variation to resolve the evolutionary histories of species, and better understand the evolutionary processes of speciation and hybridization.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I'm super excited to share our new paper on Norwegian lemming genomics just published in @pnas.org!! Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Summary ⬇️
Summary ⬇️
June 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm super excited to share our new paper on Norwegian lemming genomics just published in @pnas.org!! Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
Summary ⬇️
Summary ⬇️
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Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Mustelinae lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.01.662473v1
July 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the Mustelinae lineage (Mustelidae, Carnivora) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.01.662473v1
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📣 NEW PAPER!
News from our group in @journal-evo.bsky.social !
The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) carries traces of multiple genomic ancestries, revealing a complex history of admixture in Iberia!
Read more here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
News from our group in @journal-evo.bsky.social !
The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) carries traces of multiple genomic ancestries, revealing a complex history of admixture in Iberia!
Read more here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Multiple genomic ancestries in the broom hare mark the complex biogeographic history of hares in the Iberian Peninsula
Abstract. Pleistocene climatic fluctuations have often driven range shifts and hybridization among related species, leaving present-day genomic footprints.
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📣 NEW PAPER!
News from our group in @journal-evo.bsky.social !
The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) carries traces of multiple genomic ancestries, revealing a complex history of admixture in Iberia!
Read more here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
News from our group in @journal-evo.bsky.social !
The broom hare (Lepus castroviejoi) carries traces of multiple genomic ancestries, revealing a complex history of admixture in Iberia!
Read more here ⬇️
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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🚨 Super exited to see our paper on the inheritance and genetic basis of guppy color variation come out in @natecoevo.nature.com rdcu.be/eugWV
Guppy males have enormous variation in color patterns, with many combinations of ornamental spots and stripes. But where does all this variation come from?
Guppy males have enormous variation in color patterns, with many combinations of ornamental spots and stripes. But where does all this variation come from?
July 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨 Super exited to see our paper on the inheritance and genetic basis of guppy color variation come out in @natecoevo.nature.com rdcu.be/eugWV
Guppy males have enormous variation in color patterns, with many combinations of ornamental spots and stripes. But where does all this variation come from?
Guppy males have enormous variation in color patterns, with many combinations of ornamental spots and stripes. But where does all this variation come from?
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📢 New #BGE-@ergabiodiv.bsky.social publication!
It’s time to #harmonise practices for assessing genome-wide genetic diversity. 🧬 #Standardisation is key to meet the needs of #stakeholders in biodiversity #conservation.
🔗 More info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/07/01/h...
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
It’s time to #harmonise practices for assessing genome-wide genetic diversity. 🧬 #Standardisation is key to meet the needs of #stakeholders in biodiversity #conservation.
🔗 More info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/07/01/h...
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
Harmonising genomics to preserve nature: A call for standardisation in biodiversity research practices - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Text by Luísa Marins “Biodiversity Genomics Research Practices Require Harmonising to Meet Stakeholder Needs in Conservation” In a new publication, the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) members c...
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July 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📢 New #BGE-@ergabiodiv.bsky.social publication!
It’s time to #harmonise practices for assessing genome-wide genetic diversity. 🧬 #Standardisation is key to meet the needs of #stakeholders in biodiversity #conservation.
🔗 More info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/07/01/h...
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
It’s time to #harmonise practices for assessing genome-wide genetic diversity. 🧬 #Standardisation is key to meet the needs of #stakeholders in biodiversity #conservation.
🔗 More info: biodiversitygenomics.eu/2025/07/01/h...
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
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✴️ NEW PAPER! ✴️ In the beautiful Caucasian mountains of 🇬🇪 lives a moth whose wing colour variation (🔴🟠🟡) has intrigued us for ages. Here (doi.org/10.1111/1744...), we studied whether such variation is associated with 🧬 structure or other traits such as size. (1/3)
June 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
✴️ NEW PAPER! ✴️ In the beautiful Caucasian mountains of 🇬🇪 lives a moth whose wing colour variation (🔴🟠🟡) has intrigued us for ages. Here (doi.org/10.1111/1744...), we studied whether such variation is associated with 🧬 structure or other traits such as size. (1/3)
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New review paper in TREE out!
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New review paper in TREE out!
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Progressive Evolution of Cold-Adapted Species
By John Stewart, @lovedalen.bsky.social, @palaeopete.bsky.social and others
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
MBE highlighting our museomics work on the International Museum Day! 🏛️🧬
May 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
MBE highlighting our museomics work on the International Museum Day! 🏛️🧬
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Finally out: Predicting adaptation to climate warming www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @denovorego.bsky.social , with @stelkens.bsky.social.
We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @denovorego.bsky.social , with @stelkens.bsky.social.
Repeatability of evolution and genomic predictions of temperature adaptation in seed beetles - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors compare genomic and phenotypic changes between genetic backgrounds of seed beetles evolved at hot or cold temperatures. Despite phenotypic changes being more rapid and predictable at hot t...
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May 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Finally out: Predicting adaptation to climate warming www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @denovorego.bsky.social , with @stelkens.bsky.social.
We find that there are many genomic routes to heat-adaptation, but this can also make genomic data of limited value for prediction. A tour de force by @denovorego.bsky.social , with @stelkens.bsky.social.
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New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature
Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
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@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review:
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate change is projected to shrink phylogenetic endemism of Neotropical frogs - Nature Communications
Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity. This study predicts that climate change will reshape Neotropical frog diversity, causing losses in phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic endemism, w...
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April 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Congratulations to lab member Gabi Alves Ferreira who lead us in this fun project! She modeled how range shifts of neotropical frogs with climate change will change phylogenetic diversity and endemism in the new communities. So great to see this published #ProudPI 💪🐸 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our research lab in now on BlueSky - follow us for all things genomics! ⬇️
Our research group uses genomic tools to study evolutionary responses to changes in climate in natural populations, including processes such as local adaptation, hybridization, speciation.
Read more about our work & check out our blog ⬇
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Read more about our work & check out our blog ⬇
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EVOCHANGE
Genomics of Evolutionary Change - CIBIO-InBIO, U. Porto
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April 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Our research lab in now on BlueSky - follow us for all things genomics! ⬇️
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I finally read @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social 's NEE paper on allllll the reproductive barriers in swordtails, and loved it. We bumped our lab meeting discussing it to next week because we all want to take more time on it. Definitely a paper to teach speciation from.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pervasive gene flow despite strong and varied reproductive barriers in swordtails - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Reproductive barriers can evolve despite gene flow. A combination of genomics and behavioural assays shows two mitonuclear incompatibilities originated via ancient hybridization that underlie hybrid i...
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April 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I finally read @s-m-aguillon.bsky.social 's NEE paper on allllll the reproductive barriers in swordtails, and loved it. We bumped our lab meeting discussing it to next week because we all want to take more time on it. Definitely a paper to teach speciation from.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
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Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
April 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
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Deadline application extended until May 4th
#Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
#Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
We are recruiting PhD student to work on genomics of seasonal camouflage in ptarmigan! There is still a week to apply!
#Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
#Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
PhD position on Evolution of Seasonal Camouflage in my group. Fully funded 4 year position in Stockholm University and SciLifeLab! :-)
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April 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Deadline application extended until May 4th
#Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
#Genomics #PopGen #Evolution #Camouflage #Birds #PhDPosition #PhDStudent
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How #genome-wide sequence divergence maps to species status www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #biodiversity #genomics
Genomic divergence across the tree of life | PNAS
Nucleotide sequence data are being harnessed to identify species, even in cases in
which organisms themselves are neither in hand nor witnessed. Bu...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How #genome-wide sequence divergence maps to species status www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #biodiversity #genomics
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🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...