In episode two of our editorial series, we meet Dr Marc Stift (University of Konstanz). A plant evolutionary geneticist with three years under his belt at Heredity, Marc has also authored five papers in the journal (so far). This gives him valuable perspectives from both sides of the process. What has he learnt? What tips can he give for writing a successful manuscript? And what makes him scientifically tick? Tune in to find out.

Associated articles: Sibling competition does not magnify inbreeding depression in North American Arabidopsis lyrata

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-019-0268-1

STRUCTURE is more robust than other clustering methods in simulated mixed-ploidy populations

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-019-0247-6