STRIVE

strivestn.bsky.social

27 September 2026 23:45

The STRiVE online seminar series continues! 🧬🦍 🗓️ Wed, Sept 30 | 6 PM CEST (9 AM PDT / 12 PM EDT) 🗣️ Evan Eichler (HHMI, Univ. of Washington) 🔬 "Segmental duplication and the evolution of novel ape genes"

Molecular Biology and Evolution

molbioevol.bsky.social

21 September 2026 02:56

Mullin et al. use WGS from 101 museum specimens of British/Irish moss carder bumblebees from 1894-2019 to reveal a dramatic drop in genetic diversity: ∼24.6% decrease in heterozygosity and a 2.86-fold increase in ROH 🔗 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... 📷 Gavin Broad #societyjournal #naturalhistory

Becky Taylor

beckystaylor.bsky.social

11 September 2026 00:18

Been wondering how well runs of homozygosity can predict inbreeding depression? Read our new meta-analysis where we show a significant relationship between ROH and fitness across taxa #popgen #consgen: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Joachim Mergeay

jmergeay.bsky.social

11 September 2026 00:18

We calculated the effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population every year since its founding from the entire pedigree. Why? Because we could. But also because this population is vulnerable, and policy keeps pushing for lower and lower conservation targets 1/ #consgen

Lucy Ockert

lucyockert.bsky.social

21 July 2026 22:37

I was fortunate enough to be awarded the @geneticsaus.bsky.social Spencer Smith-White Conference award which allowed me to attend GSA in Brisbane last week and present some of my PhD work. It’s always great to re-connect with the society and was an honour to be recognised by GSA! #GSA2026