Don't miss the next #SMBEeverywhere symposium this Friday, Sept. 30, organized by Charleston Chiang Diego Ortega-Del Vecchyo Débora Brandt and Christian D. Huber. GS4: Using Ancestral Recombination Graphs (ARGs) to Infer Evolutionary Processes smbe.org/smbe/MEETINGS/… SMBEmeetings Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Gene family expansions and detailed recombination map for Vanessa cardui. A step further in the study of migration genomics in butterflies! Led by Daria Shipilina k_nasvall sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #insectmigration #butterflymigration #genomics #vanessacardui #paintedlady

This very cool project that started as my Master's thesis finally sees the light! Niclas Backström EvoBioUppsala Recombination rate variation is essential for understanding many evolutionary processes, yet still poorly understood in holocentric organisms. (1/5)

Environmental stress during larval development induces head methylome profile shifts in the migratory painted lady butterfly (Vanessa ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_evobio

A new study comparing 97 genomes reveals high genetic diversity and demographic stability in migratory butterflies. Revisiting insect migratory population dynamics in García-Berro et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #insectmigration #butterflymigration #phylomigrationlab Institut Botànic de Barcelona

Migration in insects: risk or benefit? A new study comparing 97 genomes reveals high genetic diversity and demographic stability in migratory butterflies. García-Berro et al. revisit insect migratory population dynamics in -> buff.ly/3u456ji

We have a new paper out in Molecular Ecology about deleterious mutations in the recently founded and inbred Scandinavian #wolf population, using 209 whole-genome sequences. Main findings below ⬇️ (1/8)

What is a haplotype block? What makes them unique and how do they relate to each other? Shipilina et al takes a deep dive into this question, and ARGues that the origin and structure of haplotypes lie in their shared ancestry! Daria Shipilina Arka Pal 🏳️‍🌈 Sean Stankowski Frank Chan

Did you know that your hair can pick up metals from the environment? Well, it seems that butterfly wings can too! Check out our new paper to learn more! doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2… Short description of the paper below: 1/13

Volunteers wanted for 2023 season ! Contribute to the Barton groups long-term study of speciation in the Spanish Pyrenees! Great opportunity for students to experience fieldwork. All costs and travel within Europe/UK are covered. See the ad for details: bartongroup.pages.ist.ac.at/fieldwork-2023/

Introducing symposia for #BoB2023: "Migration in butterflies: movement, physiology, interactions, and genes" chaired by Gerard Talavera and Daria Shipilina Submit your contribution till 14 April! #butterflies #migration #ecology Please RT and share with lepidopterists!

Ready to share this preprint about the basis of a shift from egg-laying to live-birth in Littorina. We find evidence for live-bearer specific sweeps at many loci, overlapping with genes that are differential expressed btwn reproductive systems. pls share! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Check out our most recent preprint, exploring the shift from egg-laying to live-birth in snails. It employs ARG-based inferences (on top of site-based statistics) to show how several ancestral sweeps can lead to novel innovations.

Gerard Talavera giving an amazing Key Note talk at Migration Symposium at #BOB2023 Vanessa cardui and they amazing and super interesting migration and behaviour

So many great lepidopterists together in one place! #bob2023

Check out our new paper, "Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated," out in PNAS Nexus! doi.org/10.1093/pnasne…

Check out this lovely article featuring some of our research 👩‍🔬🦋🗺️scientificamerican.com/article/this-b…