Craig Lowe, PI of the “The Genetic Basis of Macroevolutionary Trends” project, contributed to the Open Access Nature Ecology & Evolution article, “Evolution of stickleback spines through independent cis-regulatory changes at HOXDB.”
Congratulations to Alan C. Love for his recent election as an AAAS Fellow! The election is a lifetime honor and recognizes members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) “whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.” Alan is being recognized for his contribution “to conceptual and methodological issues arising in the philosophical inquiry into evolutionary biology and scientific practice.” A full list of the 2022 class of AAAS Fellows and historic honorees is available online.
Phil Donoghue, PI of the “Chance versus Purpose in the Evolution of Biospheres” project, co-wrote the Open Access article “Evolutionary analysis of swimming speed in early vertebrates challenges the ‘New Head Hypothesis’” in Communications Biology.
Pierrick Bourrat, PI of the “Transitions in individuality: from ecology to teleonomy” project, wrote “Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality by Endogenization of Scaffolded Properties” in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
