First paper of Jules Romieu thesis (@CBGPMontpellier & ISEM) recommended by @PeerCommunityIn Evolutionary Biology

#AdaptiveIntrogression #introgression #podarcis

https://doi.org/10.24072/pci.evolbiol.100835

In our recent paper we found alleles at six genes, introgressed from dogs to Iberian wolves thousands of years ago, that were positively selected for. Half associated with the #immunesystem . The others could impact #behavior

Also, despite massive reductions in wolf population and lots of dogs, there has been very little introgression.

Potential Adaptive Introgression From Dogs in Iberian Grey Wolves

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17639
#wolf #Evolution #AdaptiveIntrogression #openaccess

In a first, evolutionary biologists have identified a gene that influences visual preferences in tropical #butterflies
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-evolutionary-biologists-gene-visual-tropical.html

#AdaptiveIntrogression of a visual preference gene https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj9201

"We've known for quite a while that the red color pattern gene was introduced from one species to the other through #hybridization, and suspected that the same might be true for the corresponding preference. To finally show it, and identify the specific gene is really exciting"

THE MOST INTERESTING IN A SELECTIVE SWEEP IS THE SHOULDERS.NEW PREPRINT BY THE TEAM ON THE VANISHING CHROMOSOMAL FOOTPRINT OF AN ANTHROPOGENIC INTROGRESSION OF LOCALLY FAVOURED FOREIGN GENESFALLING SHOULDERS AHEAD: ADAPTIVE ALIEN GENES ARE MAINTAINED AMID VANISHING INTROGRESSION FOOTPRINT IN SEA SQUIRTS. HTTPS://WWW.BIORXIV.ORG/CONTENT/10.1101/2023.09.21.558831V1#POPGEN #ADAPTIVEINTROGRESSION #SELECTIVESWEEP #URBANEVOLUTION #HYBRIDIZATION#ANTHROPOGENICHYBRIDIZATION #ANTHROPOGENICINTROGRESSION @couplingdmi

The most interesting in a selective sweep is the shoulders.

New preprint by the team on the vanishing chromosomal footprint of an anthropogenic introgression of locally favoured foreign genes

Falling shoulders ahead: adaptive alien genes are maintained amid vanishing introgression footprint in sea squirts. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.21.558831v1

@darwin
#PopGen #AdaptiveIntrogression #SelectiveSweep #UrbanEvolution #Hybridization
#AnthropogenicHybridization #AnthropogenicIntrogression

I'm an evolutionary biologist studying floral traits in the plant families #Plantaginaceae and #Solanaceae. I've done a lot of hopping between sub-fields. My background is in #Biochemistry and #ProteinEvolution. PhD work on the evolution of binding specificity following #GeneDuplication. Postdoctoral work on #FlowerColor #Phylogenomics #MetabolicPathway evolution and #AdaptiveIntrogression. Broader goal is understanding #EvolutionaryProcesses and outcomes across #ScalesOfBiologicalOrganization.