Peter Price
petedp.bsky.social
Peter Price
@petedp.bsky.social
Postdoc in the Wright lab at TUoS focused on the evolution of sex.
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Bourne et al. analyzed immune receptor gene repertoires of 15 domesticated crop species, showing that grapes, mandarins, rice, barley, and yellow sarson exhibit reduced immune receptor gene repertoires compared to wild counterparts.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf147

#genome #evolution #PlantSky
Domestication Reduces Plant Immune Receptor Gene Repertoires Across Lineages
Abstract. Plant domestication is sometimes associated with a reduction in the diversity of immune receptor genes, critical for pathogen recognition and def
doi.org
August 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Excited to share our new preprint...

...𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒! ⏳

We find temporal confounds in fMRI that emulate neural patterns of perceptual learning.

These can be hard to spot with conventional RSA, but may influence our understanding of how prior knowledge shapes perception.

tinyurl.com/4bwy6nre
August 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Goodbye #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social see you next time!

Perhaps what stuck most was powerful talk on resilience and survival by Palestinian researcher, play director, and ESEB EUEA awardee May Shehady. Let's not forget, let's not look away. 🇵🇸
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Good representation of evolutionary biologists from @sheffielduni.bsky.social at @eseb2025.bsky.social also a chance to meet up with many more past colleagues.
August 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM