Category Archives: Coevolution

“Of all the Islands in all the Seas in all the World…”

Posted on 27 Mar, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Ashley Jones wrote this post as a part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Scientific Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned a B.S. in Animal Science from Auburn University where she also spent several years working at … Continue reading →

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Brood Parasitism or Adoption? Mixed Parentage of Brooding Damselfishes

Posted on 20 Mar, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Shelby Gantt wrote this post for Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Scientific Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Long enamored with coral reef communities, Shelby completed a B.S. in Biology with a certificate in Marine Biology at the Georgia Institute of … Continue reading →

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FISHing for molecules, a link between form and function in animal–bacteria symbioses

Posted on 15 Mar, 2020 by Laetitia Wilkins

I am posting a blog post that was written by Benedikt Geier, a Ph.D. candidate who just handed in his Ph.D. thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. In my eyes, these last couple of … Continue reading →

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Genomic data reveal links between demography and adaptation in experimental host-virus coevolution

Posted on 25 Nov, 2019 by Jeremy Yoder
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It's all because of the holobiont

Posted on 16 Jul, 2019 by Laetitia Wilkins

It’s conference season at the Molecular Ecologist. I went for the first time to a Gordon Research Conference (GRC). GRCs @GordonConf are well known for their efforts to foster an informal and inclusive atmosphere where frontier research in the biological, … Continue reading →

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Population genetics takes the "co" out of snake-newt coevolution (maybe)

Posted on 2 Apr, 2019 by Jeremy Yoder

A textbook example of predator-prey coevolution could need revision, if the conclusions of a recently posted pre-print hold up more broadly. The manuscript, lead-authored by Michael Hague with Amber Stokes, Chris Feldman, and Ed and “Butch” Brodie, calls into question … Continue reading →

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"It takes all the sequencing you can do, just to keep up with coevolution"

Posted on 22 Jan, 2019 by Jeremy Yoder

One of the most fundamental observations of evolution is that it never seems to stop. This is particularly true in host-pathogen coevolution, in which each species must adapt in response to the other. This constant evolution is the process biologists … Continue reading →

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Symbiotic organs shaped by distinct modes of genome evolution in cephalopods

Posted on 12 Jan, 2019 by Laetitia Wilkins

Last week I was whining about gaps in our understanding of evolutionary processes in the ocean. The universe heard me, and today I am satisfied to write about the published genome of Euprymna scolopes – the Hawaiian bobtail squid and … Continue reading →

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Found in translation: The evolutionary history of RNA viruses in vertebrates

Posted on 6 Apr, 2018 by Kelle Freel

I have to admit, viruses aren’t normally my thing, but this is pretty darn cool. In a study out by Shi and colleagues this week, researchers identified 214 new viruses that, as the authors so succinctly state, reveal “diverse virus-host … Continue reading →

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Exploring the genomic diversity of tubeworm endosymbionts

Posted on 1 Feb, 2018 by Kelle Freel

Tubeworms are cool. (To be read only in your best (eleventh) Doctor Who voice). Although, depending on how close they are to a hydrothermal vent, they might be more on the hot side….Regardless, if you’re on the fence about how … Continue reading →

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