Assistant Professor of Molecular Ecology at University of Florida's Department of Entomology and Nematology. Comparative genomics and evolutionary genetics of weird reproductive systems.
Andrew Mongue
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New: NSF is tightening its conflict of interest rules in what could be a headache for the understaffed agency. Starting in August, reviewers will no longer be able to participate in a panel with any proposals from their own institution.
My reporting for @science.org:
Glad to see rigorous discussion of how to present pop gen results. Even in standard pipelines, version info matters! Shout out the time GATK collapsed the representation of missing data with homozygous reference for "efficiency" for a couple versions:
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Pervasive convergent #evolution of sperm conjugation across the Arthropoda tree of life @natcomms.nature.com
A state Dem pushing back the other way. Finally. www.wuft.org/education/20...
Our new paper doi.org/10.1098/rspb... on long-term genetic threats to small populations finds that "mutational meltdown" (bad mutations fixing) is less of a problem than "mutational drought" (too few good new mutations) @wmawass.bsky.social @uliseshmc.bsky.social @jeremyjberg.bsky.social 1/5
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
Can confirm, we've used this method to preserve and sequence DNA from critters caught in the Costa Rican cloud forest. Chromosome level insect genomes from tissue kept at room temperature for ~5 days before we could get it back to the lab!
Researchers say changes could further burden the understaffed agency
The June 2026 cover of GBE features our newest Perspective by Brault et al., who propose guidelines and best practices for calculating population genetics summary statistics.
🔗 academic.oup.com/gbe/issue/18/6
#genome #evolution #societyjournal
A female and male Bird of Paradise fly (Callipappus sp), showing the extreme sexual dimorphism exhibited by these scale insects. Seen today in the Perth Hills, WA
#ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #bugsky
Nature Communications, Published online: 03 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-73950-zSperm cells evolve rapidly and have unique life histories. This study uses phylogenetic modelling to show that sperm conjugation, a type of social cooperation among sperm, has a deep and pervasive evolutionary history, including repeated convergence of both structures and their underlying proteins.
Abstract. Habitat loss contributes to extinction risk in multiple ways. Genetically, small populations can face an ‘extinction vortex’—a positive feedback
