There was a bug in MCMCglmm when fitting covu models. Analyses of data sets where some levels in the random term were not observed for the residual term will need to be rerun with v.2.32. All (2) published analyses are correct. Sorry!

Nice paper with many interesting insights into local adaptation, particularly at the leading edge of a range expansion. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ev…

3yr NERC post-doc with me, Darren Obbard is bluesky and @b_longdon on the genetic variation of fitness in Drosophila. The position will develop and implement cutting-edge methods in quantitative and population genetics to analyse large-scale pooled sequencing data: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

2yr Research Technician based in Edinburgh and/or Penryn (Cornwall) on the genetic variation of fitness in Drosophila. The position will involve collecting and maintaining flies, DNA and RNA extractions. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Please RT! One week left to apply for this quantitative genetics / statistics / bioinformatics job in Edinburgh with Jarrod Hadfield (minor collaborative elements with @b_longdon and me) elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Three field assistant opportunities working in the Scottish Highlands with Phenoweb this spring! Working on a transect monitoring blue tit breeding, invertebrates and tree phenology. For more information see phenoweb.org/news/

Excited to see our paper exploring the consequences of phenotypic skew for predicting selection response is now published NatureEcoEvo 🙂 - with @HannahLemon8, Caroline Thomson and Jarrod Hadfield nature.com/articles/s4155…

Please RT: When storing flies in EtOH for DNA extraction, I routinely place an additional paper label into the EtOH with the fly, written in pencil. If these were printed on a laser printer (ink does not visibly dissolve), *could* something leach out and interfere with the DNA?