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It was fun working on this paper with Matt Streisfeld ! I hope others enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed writing it!

Please retweet! Despite the unorthodox timing of this search, we are very excited about this search and position!!!

My first paper. It feels like I'm officially part of the scientific community 😁 Hybrid Breakdown in Male Reproduction Between Recently-Diverged Drosophila melanogaster Populations Has a Complex and Variable Genetic Architecture academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…

We will be talking about #penstemon evolutionary genetics at #evol2023! Poster by Hoyt Williams on thursday, talks by Ben Stone, Luke Wheeler, and Zack on friday, and a talk by me on sunday! Looking forward to seeing everyone in abq!!!

#Evol2023 Want to learn more about Penstemon genomics and introgression? Check out my talk today (Friday) in Hybridization IV (room 110) at 11:30!

Thanks to everyone involved in my journey!! Carrie Wessinger UofSC Biological Sciences Shelly Gaynor Kasey Khanh Phạm Soltis Lab @UF And thanks Botanical Society of America for featuring me!!

Wake up early at #botany2023 to hear new work on #penstemon floral evolution!! Josh Stevens relates petal reflectance to pigments in a spectacular hybrid zone Trinity Depatie uses phylogenomic and morphological data to describe the evolution of personate flowers

Hey #Botany2023 stop by my talk tomorrow (7/26) at 8:30am in 410A if you can!! It should be lots of fun with some exciting updates (no spoilers)!!

The view from Mono Pass, nearly 12,000 ft above sea level. Shocked to find Penstemon newberryi here in the alpine zone — it’s not usually up this high!

Anyone in these areas of Silene menziesii that would be willing to collect some leaves and/or seeds? It’s towards the end of the flowering season in most of its range but might still be hanging around. It’s a spp I missed, would be eternally grateful! inaturalist.org/taxa/79111-Sil…

So many happy Penstemon plants!!! More exciting updates from my F2 mapping population coming soon 👀🎉

Our study is now in print! We examined genetic divergence between bee- vs. hummingbird-pollinated populations of #penstemon and find they're all mixed up ... surprisingly few loci distinguish the two types!

In this piece I shared my thoughts on the switch to hummingbird pollination and the evolutionary genetics of complex adaptations. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to contribute this!

Check out Ben Stone ‘s new paper on genetics of adaptive radiation in #penstemon #LilShrubs

Check out Ben's new phylogenomic study of his very cool #penstemon study system now out in MBE! #LilShrubs

Yes!! Trinity Depatie 's talk has everything. Pleats, trees, grooves, and peaks!!

Check out Ben Stone 's talk on genetics of floral traits in natural penstemon hybrid zones! Come for the genomics, stay for the #lilshrubs

Many folks know this already but wanted to make an official announcement: I am super pleased to share that I will be starting my lab at Mississippi State University Mississippi State in Fall 2025! We will be recruiting grad students and a lab tech to start as soon as August ‘25

We're looking for a new colleague for our growing department! Consider applying if you use any AI/machine learning methods for any cool biological question! Please spread the word and reach out if you have questions!

Join us!! I'm recruiting a postdoc and grad student to work with us on parallel trait evolution, quant and pop gen, and speciation in penstemons. Find out more about our research interests here: wessingerlab.github.io Informal inquiries welcome!