Kay Hodgins
@shaky_dingo
Followers
376
Following
238
Media
2
Statuses
170
Senior Lecturer at Monash University. I study evolution, invasion, genomics and plant sex. I am a fan of public radio, running and anagrams.
Melbourne
Joined November 2010
RT @NewPhyt: #TansleyReview Plant invasion genomics. Hodgins et al. @shaky_dingo @dan_g_bock. š .
0
10
0
Our #ragweed haploblocks paper is out! We used #herbarium samples to show that this major cause of hay fever has used large inversions to adapt during its invasion of Europe. Super proud of this work @MuseumEvoGen @BiekerVanessa @chocci_boi @NatureComms.
nature.com
Nature Communications - Ambrosia artemisiifolia is an invasive weed and primary cause of pollen-induced hayfever. Here, the authors report its chromosome-level phased genome assembly, examine...
1
14
45
RT @Monash_Science: Rogue ragweed multiplies as a result of species supergenes š±š§¬: Supergenes present in ragweed enable the invasive specieā¦.
0
1
0
RT @Monash_Science: .@MonashBiol scientists have found that ragweed's strong ability to adapt and thrive in new environments may have impliā¦.
0
3
0
I giving a public talk this Wednesday. It is about my research and my late partner's contribution to this research and so much more š. Please come if you are in Melbourne @QueersInScience
1
4
26
RT @QueersInScience: How FAB is this lineup for our @midsumma Science at the Edge lecture series?!šš„³. We're so excited to hear from Deanneā¦.
0
5
0
RT @manpreetkdhami: Structural variants continue to emerge as important mechanisms to investigate for plant invasions - Johnathan Wilson(@cā¦.
0
1
0
RT @MuseumEvoGen: It's finally out! @BiekerVanessa's enormous popgen study of recent rapid adaptation in 655 resequenced invasive plant genā¦.
science.org
The invasive success of ragweed in Europe was facilitated by release from enemy microbes and interspecies hybridization.
0
18
0
Achoo! Check out this massive effort led by @BiekerVanessa @MuseumEvoGen and I to uncover the genomic basis of invasion in ragweed using hundreds of historic and modern genomes @chocci_boi @MonashBiol
science.org
The invasive success of ragweed in Europe was facilitated by release from enemy microbes and interspecies hybridization.
0
4
14
RT @evoecolab: 1st paper of the #GlobalUrbanEvolution project came out today in @ScienceMagazine. How fitting to have clover on the cover fā¦.
0
258
0
RT @MuseumEvoGen: In this preprint on plant invasiveness, during 5 years @BiekerVanessa sequenced 650 ragweed genomes, incl. 300 historic hā¦.
biorxiv.org
While invasive species are a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis, the drivers of invasiveness remain debated. To investigate the genomic basis of invasiveness in plants, we use the invasive...
0
6
0
Congrats to Hanna Rosinger for publishing her first paper. She did a fantastic job! The tip of the iceberg: genome wide marker analysis reveals hidden hybridization during invasion
0
6
30
Thanks for the perspective piece by @JohnStinchcombe and @imengyuan on our recent paper on parallel patterns of adaptation in invasive ragweed @lavanboheemen
Population genomics of parallel adaptation @molecology.
0
2
8
RT @MarcoTodescoCnv: It is finally out! Gigantic haploblocks/inversions do all the heavy lifting in sunflower adaptation (well, a lot of itā¦.
nature.com
Nature - Resequencing analyses of three species of wild sunflower identify large non-recombining haplotype blocks that correlate with ecologically relevant traits, soil and climate characteristics,...
0
56
0
RT @CurrentBiology: Is the #SARSCoV2 #virus undergoing adaptive #evolution during the #COVID19 #pandemic? @Troy_Day Sylvain Gandon, SĆ©bastiā¦.
0
12
0
RT @yuval_sapir: A lack of genetically compatible mates constrains the invasion of Solidago (American goldenrod) in Australia. By @shaky_diā¦.
0
2
0
RT @MonashBiol: New research by @Brechann @shaky_dingo @JohnStinchcombe corroborates past findings that ragweed has been able to adapt to iā¦.
0
1
0