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Aryn Wilder
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Conservation Geneticist at SDZWA | opinions are my own
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Vertebrate Genomes Project @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social · 5d
This week, we hosted over 100 scientists at Rockefeller University in New York City for our 2025 in-person conference.
Group photo by the Rockefeller University River Campus. Q&A at the 2025 VGP in-person conference. Erich Jarvis speaking at the planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Attendees at the 2025 VGP in-person conference.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · 14d
No Kings protest on Oct 18 seems like a great way to practice your First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech.

Find your rally location, nationwide:

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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
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Vertebrate Genomes Project @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social · 14d
🧬 1 more week until the VGP in-person conference!

Can't make it to New York City? Sign up to attend virtually: www.eventbrite.com/e/vertebrate...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15d
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Maria Akopyan, PhD @akopyan.bsky.social · 15d
Now published in Cell! We found that ~15% of SNPs from divergent refs did not liftover as SNPs in the gray fox ref—half mapped to monomorphic sites, half failed to map. Co-authored with Matthew Genchev, @elliecat.bsky.social, and @jazlynmooney.bsky.social

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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 23d
Hahaha... #botanists
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Charlotte Wright @charlottewright.bsky.social · 27d
How many chromosomes can an animal have?

In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact.
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Constraints on chromosome evolution revealed by the 229 chromosome pairs of the Atlas blue butterfly
The genome of the Atlas blue butterfly contains ten times more chromosomes than most butterflies, and more than any other known diploid animal. Wright et al. show that this extraordinary karyotype is ...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 27d
Massive datasets in #ScienceAdvances confirm that higher adherence to a diet friendly to Earth and human health correlates with lower all-cause mortality. https://scim.ag/46bE644
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Oliver Ryder @frozen-zoo.bsky.social · Sep 5
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The Earth BioGenome Project's phased approach enables scalability and flexibility in global genome sequencing efforts. Carefully structured milestones and targets help ensure that each stage buil...
The Earth BioGenome Project's phased approach enables scalability and flexibility in global genome sequencing efforts. Carefully structured milestones and targets help ensure that each stage builds e...
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Clàudia Fontserè @claudiafontsere.bsky.social · Aug 26
This is now published at #MolecularEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check it out!
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Vertebrate Genomes Project @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social · Aug 26
🚨 The VGP in-person conference is fast approaching! Early bird pricing ends August 31st, so book your tickets ASAP! www.eventbrite.com/e/vertebrate...
Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) In-Person Conference 2025
Join us at the VGP In-Person Conference 2025 to dive deep into the world of vertebrate genomes with top researchers and experts!
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Sibelle Vilaça @sibellevilaca.bsky.social · Aug 24
#popgen #congen
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Anna Brüniche-Olsen @annabruniche.bsky.social · Aug 4
Long runs of homozygosity are reliable genomic markers of inbreeding depression 🧬 www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Long runs of homozygosity are reliable genomic markers of inbreeding depression
A long-standing goal in ecological, evolutionary, and conservation genetics is to identify genomic correlates of fitness and inbreeding depression. Over the past several years, a growing body of theor...
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Dr. Drew harvell @drewharvell.bsky.social · Aug 26
What a sensational science story about an almost mythical beast from @carlzimmer.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...
How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout
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Aryn Wilder @arynwilder.bsky.social · Aug 21
Isolating the genomic predictors and mechanisms of inbreeding and outbreeding depression allows us to better weigh their impacts and apply genetic rescue even when outbreeding depression is a risk. Many thanks to excellent coauthors, including @thatlionlady @frozen-zoo.bsky.social!
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Aryn Wilder @arynwilder.bsky.social · Aug 21
In an admixed breeding program, we found that the costs of inbreeding depression from genomic erosion outweigh outbreeding depression from chromosomal differences, suggesting that extinction risk is higher if populations remain isolated.
In an admixed breeding program, the number of offspring produced increases with heterozygosity, but there is a reproductive cost to having parents with different chromosome numbers (heterozygous karyotypes).
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Aryn Wilder @arynwilder.bsky.social · Aug 21
Excited to share our new paper on genetic rescue in the Pacific pocket mouse! To conserve this endangered species, we sought to understand whether small populations at risk of outbreeding depression are better managed in isolation or with gene flow. @science.org
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Fitness benefits of genetic rescue despite chromosomal differences in an endangered pocket mouse
Two-thirds of Earth’s species have undergone population declines, leaving many vulnerable to genomic erosion and inbreeding depression. Genetic rescue can boost the fitness of small populations, but p...
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