Laura Ross

There are other non-flammable buffers almost as good at DNA preservation which are not deemed a health and safety risk.

Amazing sperm work on a great understudied Lepidoptera system! Congrats @ajmongue.bsky.social

Extremely well deserved!!! Congratulations

CONTENTS Introduction: Organismality and Its Discontents J. Arvid Ågren and Manus M. Patten .................................................................................... 1 I. CONSIDERATIONS OF CONFLICT Resolving the Paradox of the Organism with Inclusive Fitness Thomas W. Scott and Stuart A. West .............................................................................. 9 In What Sense Can There Be Conflict Between the Levels of Selection? Pierrick Bourrat .................................................................................................................. 32 Internal Conflicts that Organisms Can Live With Manus M. Patten ................................................................................................................ 53 II. IMPLICATIONS OF CONFLICT A Metaphysical Paradox of Organismal Identity Ellen Clarke and Will Morgan .......................................................................................... 75 The Conflict Behind the Conflicts: Organisms as Agents and as Ecosystems Philippe Huneman ............................................................................................................. 96 Cooperation and Conflict in Metazoan Development: Toward a Neo-Darwinian Embryology David Haig ......................................................................................................................... 125 Selfish Genetic Elements and the Evolution of Sex Determination and Inheritance Systems Martijn A. Schenkel, Laura Ross, and Nina Wedell .................................................... 200

II. APPLICATIONS OF CONFLICT Clinical Implications of the Paradox of the Organism Amy M. Boddy and J. Arvid Ågren .................................................................................. 235 Internal Conflict in Genomes and in Persons Samir Okasha .................................................................................................................... 255 Host–Symbiont Conflict in Reef-Building Corals and the Risk of Coral Bleaching Dakota E. McCoy, Brendan Cornwell, Sönke Johnsen, and Jennifer A. Dionne ........ 273 Conclusion: The Eternal Disquiet Within Manus M. Patten and J. Arvid Ågren ............................................................................... 328 CONTRIBUTORS ............................................................................................................... 339

The book has so many great contributors. To name a few:

@amyboddy.bsky.social @martijnschenkel.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social @reallymccoy.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social @ellenclarke.bsky.social @laurarossevo.bsky.social @philippehune.bsky.social

Very excited that it's finally coming out!

Molecular mechanisms of selfish elements and strategies Certain genes, chromosomes, organelles, or entire sets of chromosomes can bias their transmission to the next generation, propagating themselves at the expense of the rest of the genome. Referred to …

(1/9) Join us in Bern, Switzerland (8–11 Feb 2026) for our EMBO Workshop on Molecular Mechanisms of Selfish Elements and Strategies!

Organized with Tanja Schwander, Laura Ross (@laurarossevo.bsky.social) and Axel Imhof.

meetings.embo.org/event/26-sel...

#EMBOselfishElements #EMBOevents

Thanks @cecilecourret.bsky.social for this great perspective highlighting our recent paper on B chromosomes

Great introduction to one of my favorite study organisms, and to promote our recent study into how their unusual genetics affects patterns of molecular evolution.

It's finally out! This paper took quite a while but I'm so excited to share now! For anyone who studies sex chromosomes, take note: we found a rare "slower X"! (dN/dS_X < dN/dS_Autos) 👀

Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination - Nature Communications X chromosomes evolve faster than autosomes, but confounding factors make this a difficult phenomenon to study. Utilising the unusual sex determination system of Sciaridae flies, this study finds a slo...

New paper: "Faster adaptation but slower divergence of X chromosomes under paternal genome elimination" (Open Access)

w/ Robert Baird, @imprintedgene.bsky.social‬, Jan Ševčík, Katy Monteith, @laurarossevo.bsky.social‬ & @ajmongue.bsky.social‬

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

‪@natcomms.nature.com‬

collaborative effort involving almost all previous postdocs in the lab and many years, but it is out and it is a great story! @kamilsjaron.bsky.social @ajmongue.bsky.social and many others

Anyone know if there is research on how post-Christmas grant deadlines disadvantage scientists with caring responsibilities? Or just mental health in general, due to not being able to switch off during this period? Yes I am reaching peak burnout and so done juggling!

Thanks, for putting this together! Would be great if you could add me

Extremely honoured that the @zslscience.bsky.social awarded me their scientific medal last night!

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Congrats! That is fantastic news and very well-deserved