Top: A picture of the aye-aye named Elphaba. Image credit: David Haring, Duke Lemur Center. Bottom: Pedigree structure of the aye-ayes used in this study. The 18 individuals sequenced in this study are shown: males as squares and females as circles. Two individuals (IDs 100937 and 100935) appear multiple places in the pedigree, each time connected by a dashed line. Elphaba is at the bottom right.

Aye-ayes are clearly unusual, but @glom.bsky.social @3rdreviewer.bsky.social &co show that they also have an unusual pattern of #MutationBias; older females transmit more mutations than males. This is a first for mammals, raising questions about other #lemurs 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/40SR4kj

The WPSG2025 team cheering to a successful workshop.

The #WPSG2025 team says goodbye to #ČeskýKrumlov. Huge thanks to the town and Daniel Kintzl for their amazing support, our exceptional faculty for sharing their expertise and time, and all participants for making this such a unique, unforgettable experience! We can’t wait to return for #WPSG2027!

Michi Hofreiter on stage

The last of a series of lectures that is NOT on dinosaurs at the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics: Michi Hofreiter on Ancient Genomics

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss — Coalition for Conservation Genetics Policy brief available for download in 14 languages

Policy briefs are available in English, Afrikaans, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish and Welsh.

www.coalitionforconservationgenetics.org/resources-da...

Finally a dedicated session on #conservation in the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics! 😃

Very timely publication aligning with our @wpsg.bsky.social workshop topic for tomorrow: #ConservationBiology

Despite the cichlid heavy intro slide - a lot of bird 🦅 examples in Walter Salzburger‘s lecture on Organismal Diversification 😁

Two years later @wpsg.bsky.social 2025 #machinelearning algorithms are still trained with cats and dogs 😂 Otherwise lots of new interesting and exciting stuff about #neuronalnetworks from Andrew Kern!

And it’s on! The Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics has started in Cesky Krumlov, with 61 participants and - as always - a great international faculty.

The WPSG team in a historic room.

Excited to start the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics 2025 in Český Krumlov in just a few days! The WPSG team has started to assemble and prepare. @evomics.bsky.social

Tomorrow the standing committee of the Bern convention will vote on the downlisting of #wolves.

#LCIE comments on this topic, stating that any downlisting should be based on science, not just politics. 👇
#wolf #largecarnivores 🐺

Just a few more days to apply for the next Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic! Note that the application deadline is 13 September, not 18 September as in the typo in the post 👇

I am very happy about the positive feedback on our eel genomics study presented at #Evol2024 ☺️ Thank you all for the motivating words that help so much to continue this research!

Advertising poster for WPSG2025.

Big announcement! The Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics (#WPSG25) will be taking place in wintry Cesky Krumlov from Jan 19 to Feb 1, 2025! Apply until Sept 18, 2024: evomics.org/workshops/wo...

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Home - Evolution and Genomics

The Evomics Workshops made it to BlueSky! Our workshops are design to train academics on how to effectively analyze and manage data generated by modern sequencing technologies! Visit our website to learn more: evomics.org 🧬 🖥️🧪🌍 #AcademicSky

Including: use of genetic information, minimizing veterinary intervention, consideration of animal social behaviors, a new legislative status and terminology for rewilded horses, and increased collaboration between conservation biologists and practitioners.

All authors brought in unique expertise from diverse disciplines: horse history, veterinary medicine, behavior, genomics, ecology, and applied conservation. We provide an overview of the challenges posed by the use of horses in nature conservation and ways to overcome these.

New preprint from an interesting and fun in-house initiated collaboration on “Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics and welfare perspective”: doi.org/10.31219/osf...