Clément Lafon Placette
@plantreproevo.bsky.social
Interested in the evolutionary processes shaping genomes and plant reproduction. Excited about bringing more heart and less mind to how we do science. Hosted by the Dpt of Botany, @sciencecharles.bsky.social.
Big congratulations Mohammad, you nailed it! 👏🏻
Phd is done! 5 years of dedication and support from @plantreproevo.bsky.social @rosischmickl.bsky.social & AntonínMacháč paid off. With a great discussion with my opponents; Proffessor John Pannell(University of Lausanne) and František Zedek(Masaryk University). Thank you everyone, seen and unseen.
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Big congratulations Mohammad, you nailed it! 👏🏻
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Phd is done! 5 years of dedication and support from @plantreproevo.bsky.social @rosischmickl.bsky.social & AntonínMacháč paid off. With a great discussion with my opponents; Proffessor John Pannell(University of Lausanne) and František Zedek(Masaryk University). Thank you everyone, seen and unseen.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Phd is done! 5 years of dedication and support from @plantreproevo.bsky.social @rosischmickl.bsky.social & AntonínMacháč paid off. With a great discussion with my opponents; Proffessor John Pannell(University of Lausanne) and František Zedek(Masaryk University). Thank you everyone, seen and unseen.
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Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Do you want to do a Masters in Evolutionary Biology? The call for applying to the MEME program is now open! MEME is a fantastic 2-year MSc between four European Universities on all areas of Evolutionary Biology. Apply and study in Sweden/France/the Netherlands/Germany/USA/Switzerland! www.evobio.eu
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Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
Our last work is out! led by @mjavad1991.bsky.social as first author and another smooth collaboration with @rosischmickl.bsky.social! We explore the evolution of male (pollen) and female (ovule) investment in Brassicaceae, if you're curious on the answers, it's 👇
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Divergent evolutionary trajectories of male and female investment in the Brassicaceae
AbstractBackground and Aims. Plants have colonized diverse habitats, with their ecological success depending on key adaptive traits. Among these, reproduct
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September 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Our last work is out! led by @mjavad1991.bsky.social as first author and another smooth collaboration with @rosischmickl.bsky.social! We explore the evolution of male (pollen) and female (ovule) investment in Brassicaceae, if you're curious on the answers, it's 👇
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Please share !!
ℹ️ ESEB 2025 Satellite Symposium: "𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯"🧬
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.
🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.
🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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ℹ️ ESEB 2025 Satellite Symposium: "𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯"🧬
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.
🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.
🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB
June 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
ℹ️ ESEB 2025 Satellite Symposium: "𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯"🧬
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.
🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB
📅 Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
🕑 2:00 PM
This exciting half-day symposium will bring researchers exploring the genomic basis & ecological impact of coevolution across systems and taxa.
🔗 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: lnkd.in/d2-FN8PB
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Running a test on the DAFNEE database will only take a few minutes of your time. It's a must-do. 👇
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Running a test on the DAFNEE database will only take a few minutes of your time. It's a must-do. 👇
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In #GENETICS, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, @jrossibarra.bsky.social, & colleagues identified sites under positive selection, estimated the timing of gene & locus divergence, and discovered a siRNA-mediated mechanism of silencing the reproductive barrier in #maize.🌽
Read more: buff.ly/cQFkzfP
Read more: buff.ly/cQFkzfP
June 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In #GENETICS, @spicybotrytis.bsky.social, @jrossibarra.bsky.social, & colleagues identified sites under positive selection, estimated the timing of gene & locus divergence, and discovered a siRNA-mediated mechanism of silencing the reproductive barrier in #maize.🌽
Read more: buff.ly/cQFkzfP
Read more: buff.ly/cQFkzfP
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Interested in the evolution of molecular interactions ? We are recruiting a new PhD student with a background in proteomics to study the diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling plant self-incompatibility.
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June 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Interested in the evolution of molecular interactions ? We are recruiting a new PhD student with a background in proteomics to study the diversification of the receptor-ligand interaction controlling plant self-incompatibility.
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Did you know plants can change sex expression within a single generation, and reversibly at that?🌱 What else but #epigenetics might play a role in this? 🧬 Read more in the new study published at @camphilsoc.bsky.social's Biological Reviews ⬇️
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June 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Did you know plants can change sex expression within a single generation, and reversibly at that?🌱 What else but #epigenetics might play a role in this? 🧬 Read more in the new study published at @camphilsoc.bsky.social's Biological Reviews ⬇️
🔗 buff.ly/oL0JETy
(TŽ)
🔗 buff.ly/oL0JETy
(TŽ)
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Just wrapped up an amazing time at #EMPSEB30. A truly unique event by PhD students, for PhD students packed with insightful talks and outstanding networking with future colleagues. If you’re a PhD student in evo-bio, this is the meeting you don’t want to miss! #EMPSEB30 #EvolutionaryBiology
June 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just wrapped up an amazing time at #EMPSEB30. A truly unique event by PhD students, for PhD students packed with insightful talks and outstanding networking with future colleagues. If you’re a PhD student in evo-bio, this is the meeting you don’t want to miss! #EMPSEB30 #EvolutionaryBiology
If bottom-up approaches still needed evidence they work, #EMPSEB30 gave it. A warm atmosphere, sustainability prize, engaging DEI session, emotional workshops, alternative presentations, so many out-of-the-box things. Altogether with a really high scientific quality. Thank you @empseb30.bsky.social!
And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If bottom-up approaches still needed evidence they work, #EMPSEB30 gave it. A warm atmosphere, sustainability prize, engaging DEI session, emotional workshops, alternative presentations, so many out-of-the-box things. Altogether with a really high scientific quality. Thank you @empseb30.bsky.social!
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And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And that’s a wrap! #EMPSEB30 comes to an end in the same friendly way in which it started🙌🏽 A huge thank you to the organisers for a flawless conference and for the phenomenal final show! 🕺🏻💃🏻@empseb30.bsky.social
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EMPSEB30 officially kicked off at 3 p.m. today 📯, and it's already going great! We had three incredible workshops/ excursion, led by some fantastic instructors. A huge thank you to Filip Kolář, Libor Štěpánek and @plantreproevo.bsky.social !
#empseb30 #conference #workshop
#empseb30 #conference #workshop
June 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
EMPSEB30 officially kicked off at 3 p.m. today 📯, and it's already going great! We had three incredible workshops/ excursion, led by some fantastic instructors. A huge thank you to Filip Kolář, Libor Štěpánek and @plantreproevo.bsky.social !
#empseb30 #conference #workshop
#empseb30 #conference #workshop
Happy this is out! A fun (for me) topic to reflect on: the sexual continuum in plants, the roles of epigenetics in that, and evolutionary consequences. A collaboration with Marek Slovak, Eliska Krtilova and @irissammarco.bsky.social !
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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June 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy this is out! A fun (for me) topic to reflect on: the sexual continuum in plants, the roles of epigenetics in that, and evolutionary consequences. A collaboration with Marek Slovak, Eliska Krtilova and @irissammarco.bsky.social !
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A new paper led by Susnata Salony about triploid block variation, congratulations Susnata!
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A survey of triploid block inconsistency: potential mechanisms and evolutionary implications on polyploid speciation
Abstract. The triploid block, primarily caused by endosperm developmental issues, is known as a significant barrier to interploidy hybridization among flow
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February 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A new paper led by Susnata Salony about triploid block variation, congratulations Susnata!
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Join the Jaques Monod conference on speciation from Oct 20-24, 2025, addressing species diversification, biogeography, hybridization, and reproductive isolation. Info: https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conference/multidimensional-view-speciation-bridging-micro-and-macro-evolution #conference
A multidimensional view of speciation: bridging micro and macro-evolution | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
A multidimensional view of speciation: bridging micro and macro-evolution | CNRS - Conférences Jacques Monod (CJM)
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April 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Join the Jaques Monod conference on speciation from Oct 20-24, 2025, addressing species diversification, biogeography, hybridization, and reproductive isolation. Info: https://cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en/conference/multidimensional-view-speciation-bridging-micro-and-macro-evolution #conference
Hello BlueSky! Super excited that this work is out thanks to a great team work with Nélida Padilla-Garcia as lead author!
We looked at what shaped the purging and fixation of TEs in populations across Arabidopsis lyrata species range. Short answer: the usual suspects, but also genomic imprinting!
We looked at what shaped the purging and fixation of TEs in populations across Arabidopsis lyrata species range. Short answer: the usual suspects, but also genomic imprinting!
Padilla-García, @plantreproevo.bsky.social et al. compared transposable elements in Arabidopsis lyrata, finding that demographic events and positive selection on epigenetically silenced TEs contributed to the spread of genomic imprinting.
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#evobio #epigenetics
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#evobio #epigenetics
The Demographic History of Populations and Genomic Imprinting have Shaped the Transposon Patterns in Arabidopsis lyrata
Abstract. Purifying selection is expected to prevent the accumulation of transposable elements (TEs) within their host, especially when located in and arou
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May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hello BlueSky! Super excited that this work is out thanks to a great team work with Nélida Padilla-Garcia as lead author!
We looked at what shaped the purging and fixation of TEs in populations across Arabidopsis lyrata species range. Short answer: the usual suspects, but also genomic imprinting!
We looked at what shaped the purging and fixation of TEs in populations across Arabidopsis lyrata species range. Short answer: the usual suspects, but also genomic imprinting!