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PhD - @MartinLutherUni Germany | ecology and evolution | sexual selection | seminal fluid proteins | sperm competition - pop sci author - life is science&fiction&cats ๐Ÿˆ (Pic:Bafa Lake, Turkey)

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An important study maps how nerves control the Drosophila male reproductive tract, revealing two types of glutamatergic neurons that also release serotonin or octopamine.

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27.01.2026 11:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Honoured to be mentioned in Leigh Simmonsโ€™ 30-year reflection on sperm biology. Very grateful to THE mentor: @steveramm.bsky.social

25.01.2026 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Thirty Years of the Biology of Spermatozoa: The Rise and Future of an Evolutionary Paradigm You have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.

Sunday read ๐Ÿ˜
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25.01.2026 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really grateful to the people in Hamburg for hosting the graduate meeting this year. Join them it will be great!

15.01.2026 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A fantastic meeting is coming ๐Ÿฅณ

This year DZG Evo Bio Graduate meeting will be in Hamburg, chase the red queen ๐ŸŽ @dzg-evol.bsky.social

15.01.2026 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can sexual selection alone drive divergence? Experimental evolution in seed beetles shows that strong sexual selection accelerates divergence in reproductive traits and gene expression, even without environmental differences. Image credit: Udo Schmidt Wikimedia
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05.01.2026 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While most of us are burning out in the horse race of proposals, funding, and contracts, itโ€™s easy to forget what real science is! What a delight to see a highly intellectual exchange among some of the great minds in #sexualselection studies @timjanicke.bsky.social academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...

16.12.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Why Sexโ€Based Genomic Differentiation Should Not Be Overlooked in Population Genetics Sex-specific genomic differentiation is a crucial yet frequently overlooked factor in population genetics. In this opinion piece, we leverage the substantial genomic resources available for the great...

Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

01.11.2025 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)

19.10.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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๐Ÿ‘‹ Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share ๐Ÿคฉ

31.03.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

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