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Jessica Abbott

@jessicakabbott.bsky.social

Evolutionary biologist

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We are excited to present to you the keynote speakers of #NSO2026 and #gfoe2026! First off is @jessicakabbott.bsky.social, professor of evolutionary genetics at @lund-university.bsky.social, Sweden. She works on the evolution of sex differences and sex chromosomes.
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28.01.2026 13:18 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

📣Deadline approaching - Monday 19th January!

Would you like to support JEB and the evolution community? Our society journal is seeking new editors!

Apply now: jevbio.net/call-for-edi...

15.01.2026 17:59 — 👍 5    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

I was thinking more along the lines of inclusive fitness...

09.01.2026 20:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Debunk the idea that evolution is always about individual competition; cooperation can be a superior strategy sometimes.

09.01.2026 19:58 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Drivers of systemic male-female allele frequency divergence in humans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.06.698007v1

07.01.2026 08:31 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Var har daggmaskarna tagit vägen? Var har daggmasken tagit vägen? För några år sedan när det regnade fanns det daggmaskar överallt. Nu är det mördarsniglar man ser istället. Håller …
07.01.2026 13:45 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Life in Europa’s ocean could feed on rocks’ radioactive decay After series of bleak findings, theory sparks hope for alternative energy source within Jupiter’s intriguing moon

After a series of bleak findings, a new theory sparks hope for an alternative energy source within Jupiter’s intriguing moon. https://scim.ag/4jh6d7U

05.01.2026 14:30 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Non-canonical sex chromosome evolution revealed by extreme heterogeneity in homomorphic Y chromosome differentiation in the common frog https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.31.697208v1

02.01.2026 03:31 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Exclusive: These universities have the most retracted scientific articles A first-of-its-kind analysis by Nature reveals which institutions are retraction hotspots.

These institutions are retraction hotspots

go.nature.com/4rVb56y

30.12.2025 12:38 — 👍 46    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 1

Finally gave up on Twitter.

26.12.2025 09:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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