Poetry 5-7-5

2026

Oft Herr Mendel dreams
that genes form living matter.
They do the latter.


Tautz et al. (2026) Genetics
Thou shall be afraid
of biased conversion in
crossover deserts.


Botero-Castro, Wolf (2026) Genetics
Does bird migration
increase bird speciation?
The methods decides.


Calabrese et al. (2025) Syst Biol
How can we awake
aperiodic cristals
from ancient slumber.


Gwee et al. (2025) Mol Ecol Res

2025

Net heterosis
flips chromosomes small and large.
Birds die. Days go by.


Pei et al.(2025) Mol Biol Evol
Matrilines attack,
for the hosts there is no hope.
Egg kaleidoscope.


Merondun et al (2025) Science
Anthropogenic
havoc. Communities shake.
Genomes grow and break.


Jiang et al. (2025) Funct Ecol
Two million bases
defy conformity. Meth
rebels follow lead.


Merondun & Wolf (2025) Mol Ecol
A flower once wild,
cast into digital chains.
A meadow once free.


Jiang et al. (2025) Sci Data
Crows on ancient trees
their twigs so discordantes!
May they rest in piece.


Gwee et al. (2025) Mol Ecol
e-pi, snp, e-pi.
pop must epigen combine.
e-pi, sni-pi, snap.


Mueller et al. (2025) Nat Commun

2024

Sauna, vodka, tea.
Inhale the North, speciate.
Even ants must pee.


Stankowski (2024) Evol J Linnean Soc
Years of fury on
ancient chromosomal dust.
Peace regained. Helas!


Mirarab et al. (2024) PNAS
Swallows, match your love!
tails and feathers, red or buff.
And genes will couple.


Shield et al. (2024) Science
colors on a tree
inverted reality
eert a no sroloc.


Knief et al (2024) Mol Biol Evol
2 cuckoo species
2 colour morphs in females
2 good 2 be true.


Merondun, Marques et al (2024) Sci Adv
Where do we come from?
Crossroads, dead ends, where to go?
Can we even know?


Roesti et al. (2023) CSH Perspect Biol

2023

Epi-overdose
in tight chromatin chambers.
Crippled girls rejoice.


Catalan et al. (2023) Plos Genet
One and one make three.
It's time for a cup of tea
Arctocephale !


Lopes et al. (2023) Sci Advances
Ride the hyperspace
and sense the isolation.
Dimensions of joy!


Bolnick et al. (2023) Evolution

2022

One, two, M H C.
Duplicate complexity
shielding from disease.


Westerdahl et al. (2022) Mol Ecol Res
Toxic little bugs,
dressed up in female wedding gowns
breed ferociously.


Warmuth et al. (2022) Genome Res
Mix two genomes and
TEs emerge like flies from sand.
Cheerful selfish land.


Tusso et al. (2022) Genome Res

2021

Zone of tension. Fog.
Algorithm fantasy
and glaciers shiver.


Metzler et al. (2021) Evolution
Microscopic life
adapts to heaven and hell.
Exchanging angels


Tusso, Nieuwenhuis et al. (2021) Nat Ecol Evol
gene tree by gene tree
by geen tree by gentry by teen
gear by green tea. Bye!


Lopes et al. (2021) Syst Biol
Brothers and sisters.
Broken glass in stormy seas.
Incest cabinet.


Foote et al. (2021) Mol Ecol
Mitochondria
thrive on inverted soil. Helas,
and gametes blossom.


Knief (2021) Royal Open Soc
Butterflies and stars,
flowers, bees and grass in concert
sing while alleles pass.


Schielzeth, Wolf (2021) Am J Botany
Nets of mithril
assemble in the ocean.
[immakuˈlate]


Peart et al. (2021) Mol Ecol Res
Bill + brain + tool = corvid?
Bill + brain + tool + the right alleles =
Cool tool-using corvid.


Dussex, Kutschera, Wiberg et al. (2021) Mol Ecol

2020

Blueprint in uproar.
Genes jump and polymeres tilt.
Coal turns into ash.


Weissensteiner et al. (2020) Nat Commun
Choose your mate wisely,
says the black crow to the grey.
Croaks, and flies away.


Knief et al. (2020) J Evol Biol
Recombination
How do we estimate you?
What can you teach us?


Penalba, Wolf (2020) Nat Rev Genet
The feather-footed.
Eternal coalescence
on water and land.
Uppsala, Munich
Where sea lions do not roam
Their story was told
Draw from the old tales,
of the feather-footed,
the features of their path,
the wise clues for their future.



Peart et al. (2020) Nat Evol Evol

2019

alpha omega
are time sensitive creatures.
So the crows teach us.


Mugal et al. (2019) Mol Biol Evol
In the smallest lands,
the crows carry a burden.
Will they still live long ?


Kutschera et al. (2019) Mol Biol Evol
Unneighbourly crowd
for a common cruel crow
Collective killing


Holtmann et al. (2019) Sci Reports
Does species richness
bear on gene diversity?
We ask the meadow.


Eisenhauer et al. (2019) Res Ideas Outcomes
Our sequence is fixed
yet with the seasons we change
we ask: meth to blame?


DFG grant WO1426/4-1 on Evolutionary Epigenetics