charlottewright.bsky.social
Evolution, genomics, butterflies and moths 🦋 Postdoc in the Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute & Research fellow at Darwin College, University of Cambridge
👤 Joined on 31 October 2023
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@charlottewright.bsky.socialShort summary of our recent paper. I am glad our European Red List was shown to be impartial! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Show PostWhat's going on here? Is that fungus? Noodles?? No, it's bagworm moth cases! In a new article led by co-advised student David Cheng, we describe two new species and a whole new subfamily of bagworm moths: Tenuipsychinae! academic.oup.com/isd/article-... Brief explainer below!
Show Post🧬 New paper out in @molbioevol.bsky.social ! 🪰 Combining long-read sequencing and microscopy, we discovered a remarkable Mega-NUMT in Drosophila paulistorum. This Mega-NUMT occurs in ~40% of sampled natural populations and across at least 3 semispecies suggesting persistance. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
Show Post🦋Day 2 of in Blanský les showed the power of sustainable management. We saw how landscape management is key to preserve biodiversity. A great model for Lepidoptera conservation! #10kLepGenomes #Lepidoptera #Genomics
Show PostVery pleased to play a small part in this study and see that our Red Lists of European butterflies were not biased towards beauty! Not that there are any ugly butterflies IMO
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