💡 #LatitudinalVariation in #LeafFunctionalTraits of an invasive salt-marsh plant and its relationship with #GrowthPerformance.
Object: #SpartinaAlterniflora.
Results:
1️⃣ #GeographicalVariation ➡️ climate & sedimentary variables;
2️⃣ #GeneticDifferentiation ➡️ leaf size & thickness & leaf area;
3️⃣ #PhenotypicPlasticity ➡️ leaf density & dry matter content.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf008

#InvasivePlant species can pose significant ecological and economic threats, but little is known about how the #PhenotypicPlasticity of growth and #Defense-relatedTraits may facilitate plant invasion. Pei-Pei Cao et al. addressed these uncertainties by employing the aggressive weed #ReynoutriaJaponica as a study model.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae067

New publication: Parental environment #nitrogen and #phosphorus availability affects offspring traits of eight annual #plant species. #phenotypicplasticity #offspringfitness #nutrientstress
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10993

New publication: Molecular Mechanisms of Temperature Tolerance Plasticity in an Arthropod. #climatechange #evolution #phenotypicplasticity #temperaturetolerance
https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae165

Some female #ants display #PhenotypicPlasticity related to #reproduction, e.g. gyne <--> queen. This study shows that #neuropeptide neuroparsin A mediates physiological changes in response to insemination across ant species #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3WZCRS8

How does sexual selection influence behavioural consistency? Using experimental evolution, Brand et al. demonstrate that evolution under heightened sexual selection limits individual phenotypic plasticity and promotes male behavioural consistency.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/729600

#sexualSelection #behavioral #evolution #phenotypicPlasticity #male

🏔️In this fascinating new study, Luo et al. use three species of alpine #bamboo to study the processes underlying #high-elevation adaptation.🎍
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13038
@WileyEcolEvol
#JSE #PlantSci #plant #adaptation #PhenotypicPlasticity #genetics #alpine #ecology #botany

Can phenotypic plasticity in response to the social environment enhance reproductive isolation? In this paper, Desjonquères et al. show that social experience of a closely related species increased male signals and female preference peak in a species of Enchenopa binotata (Membracidae).

Read now ahead of print! https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726786

#phenotypicPlasticity
#social Environment #reproductiveIsolation #species #maleSignals #femalePreference #EnchenopaBinotata

Excited to have been interviewed about my research in "Big Biology" - my favourite biology podcast! A nice conversation between myself and my colleagues Cameron Ghalambor and Marty Martin.

FYI: this is my first podcast ever! Check it out:

https://www.bigbiology.org/episodes/2023/10/19/ep-108-the-dialectical-biologists-challenges-of-studying-evolution-in-nature-with-erik-svensson?fbclid=IwAR1chACvVMdaHVL_RrMGETR6-Glxn6kT4QfAFd3fyozYIeR-3bsu9u4-dRM

#evolution #EvolutionaryBiology #ecology #damselflies #PhenotypicPlasticity

New publication: Probing #variation in reaction norms in wild #populations: the importance of reliable environmental proxies. #GxE #IxE #phenotypicplasticity
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09592

Looking for a postdoc in experimental evolution? You're very welcome to apply to this position in my group, at University Paris-Saclay.

The goal is to study the evolutionary and plastic response of the transcriptome to stable vs fluctuating environments, in the model fungus Zymoseptoria tritici.

The full ad: http://www.egce.cnrs-gif.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ad_EN_1.3.pdf

The application website:
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR9191-ARNLER-004/Default.aspx?lang=EN

#postdoc #ExperimentalEvolution #PhenotypicPlasticity
@joboffersecoevo
@jobsecoevo

Ahead of Print! "Antagonistic effects of #AssortativeMating on the #Evolution of #PhenotypicPlasticity along #EnvironmentalGradients" by Jean-Paul Soularue et al. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/724579

#introduction
Hi! I'm an #ant biologist and working as a postdoc with Buck Trible at Harvard. Beyond ants, I'm interested in #Supergene evolution, #PhenotypicPlasticity, and #Adaptations. When I'm not staring at sequence data or mounting ants, I like to read SF/F novels, hike, and play #DandD. Currently playing Pokemon Scarlet with my partner and eagerly awaiting the next chapter of My Hero Academia. Also, I've been learning to bookbind so send me cool binding patterns if you see them!

"Beyond genotype-phenotype maps: Toward a phenotype-centered perspective on evolution"

#conceptualframework #development #evolutionarytheory, #evolvability #genotypephenotypemap #maternaleffects
#phenotypicplasticity

Evolutionary biology is paying increasing attention to the mechanisms that enable phenotypic plasticity, evolvability, and extra-genetic inheritance

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bies.202100225?campaign=woletoc

Time to post my research interest to find more likeminded people:
#mathematicalmodelling
#bioninformatics
#evolution
#wholegenomeduplication
#epigenetics
#bioinformatics
#palaeontology
#ankylosauridae
#epidemiology
#phenotypicplasticity
#onehealth
#bats
#haemorrhagicfevers
#quantumbiology
(Yes, that list is so long because of the mathematical modelling)
What are your research interests?

Hi tooters, time for a belated #introduction.

I work on the #EvolutionaryEcology of host-parasite interactions using #Malaria as a model system. I mostly work on #AvianMalaria, but I occasionally dabble in human and #RodentMalaria.

I’m particularly interested in exploring the genetic and environmental sources of heterogeneity in parasite #Virulence and within-host dynamics. Also keen on #DrugResistance and parasite #PhenotypicPlasticity. Oh, and #Mosquitos, obviously 😎

#introduction
 
Hi everyone 👋
I’m a postdoc in evolutionary biology working at #ColoradoStateUniversity.

I use experimental evolution with different #insects 🪰🪲 to study how populations #adapt to new environments. My main interests are #LocalAdaptation, #EvolutionaryRescue, #Adaptation and #PhenotypicPlasticity.

Can’t wait to follow new people here and talk about #ecology and #evolution.

Hi, I'm Becca Young, an evolutionary developmental biologist at UT Austin. I study the genomic and developmental origins of phenotypic variation and test evolutionary hypotheses of phenotypic convergence in embryogenesis, morphology, and behavior across vertebrate systems. #evodevo #evolution #development #bioinformatics #transcriptomics #comparativebiology #phenotypicplasticity and #datasterwardship #introduction