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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 19d

@nicolasdussex.bsky.social et al. investigate the genomic basis of adaptation in the Svalbard reindeer, an endemic subspecies that colonized the High Arctic ~7,000 years ago, adapting to extreme cold, day length changes, and resource scarcity.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf160

#genome #evolution

GBE | The Genomic Basis of the Svalbard Reindeer's Adaptation to an Extreme Arctic Environment

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Mick Westbury @mick2474.bsky.social · 29d

🦣🍖🧬 Fully funded 3-yr PhD in palaeogenomics & bioinformatics! Help me push non-model palaeogenomes beyond their limits @DTU in Denmark.

Start: Feb 2026 (flexible)
Application deadline: 24 Oct 2025

For details click here: tinyurl.com/BioExtPhD

Reposts appreciated 😁

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Andy Foote @andrewfoote.bsky.social · Aug 15

'Ancient stickleback genomes reveal the early stages of parallel adaptation' - now published online in Evolution @journal-evo.bsky.social‬

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Marty Kardos @martykardos.bsky.social · Apr 17

🧪 #consgen
This de-extinction absurdity is clearly all about $$$$$$.

Worse, it is being exploited by the right wing as a cover to justify environmental destruction. Every good biologist at Colossal should resign.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · Apr 17

Patenting de-extinction. Story by @antonioregalado.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1...

Jurassic Patent: How Colossal Biosciences is attempting to own the “woolly mammoth”

The company claiming it can restore lost species also wants to patent them.

www.technologyreview.com

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Apr 21

rdcu.be/eiBW9 #consgen #popgen

Constraints to gene flow increase the risk of genome erosion in the Ngorongoro Crater lion population

Communications Biology - Whole genome sequencing and simulations reveals how habitat fragmentation and population isolation exacerbate the effects of genome erosion in the Ngorongoro Crater lion...

rdcu.be

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Apr 21

Collaboration with Ingela Jansson, Göran Spong, @tvdvalk.bsky.social , Craig Packer, Bernard Kissui, Ernest Mjingo.

Extremely grateful to the Government of Tanzania, TAWIRI, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, kopelion.org and lioncenter.umn.edu, without which this would not have been possible

KopeLion - Enabling lasting coexistence between people and lions

KopeLion works to find solutions so pastoralist communities and lions in Ngorongoro can coexist and prosper together.

kopelion.org

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Apr 21

We also used simulations to predict the number of mating males required to mitigate the negative effects of genome erosion. One to five males per decade would be needed to remain within a 5% window of genetic change.

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Apr 21

However, our results and field data suggest that high male territoriality in the Crater and few mating opportunities for immigrant males could have exacerbated the effects genome erosion.

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Apr 21

Great to see our latest paper on Ngorongoro Crater lion genomics out @commsbio.bsky.social

Even after a rapid post-epizootic recovery in the 1970s, habitat fragmentation and continued isolation led to an increase in genetic load and to a reduction in overall genetic variation.

Ngorongoro Crater Lion. Photo: I. Jansson

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · Apr 10

#consgen authority Fred Allendorf cries out in despair for American science in the Missoulian newspaper. It’s terrifying to watch this destruction unfold day by day. My heart goes out to my American colleagues and friends. Stay strong and fight.

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · Mar 25

#Consgen postdoc position for 2-3 years on Vancouver Island to work on saving a fluffy endemic marmot. and its in Canada!
engage.iucn.org/group/iucn-s...

Postdoc Fellow - Conservation Genomics

The Vancouver Island marmot is Canada’s most critically endangered endemic mammal and has been the focus of intense conservation efforts for almost 30 years. The wild population reached a low of less ...

engage.iucn.org

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Mar 14

I am looking for a Postdoc (3 years, start Mid-2025) to work on conservation genomics of ringed seal in the Baltic.
The project will use genomic data for 100s of individuals, SDM and genomic simulations.
#conservationgenetics
#consgen

Apply here:
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...

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Rob Waterhouse @rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · Feb 17

Robin Waples' reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne) #biodiversity #genomics #conservation #evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Idiot's Guide to Effective Population Size

This is a reference manual for the elegant, yet hideously complex concept of effective population size (Ne), inspired by a classic, self-published manual of automotive repair ‘for the compleat idiot’...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Natasha de Vere @ndevere.bsky.social · Feb 11

We are making a brand new #Museomics Lab at NHM Denmark, University of Copenhagen - working with DNA from museum & herbarium specimens. We are looking for a lab manager to join us - unlocking the amazing potential of our collections for global change 🌐 and #conservationgenomics research

Full-time Molecular Biology Lab Manager at Natural History Museum Denmark

Natural History Museum Denmark, Faculty of Science, the University of Copenhagen is looking for a full-time Molecular Biology Lab Manager, to start 1st June 202

candidate.hr-manager.net

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Catherine Grueber @cegrueber.bsky.social · Jan 29

Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature

A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

www.nature.com

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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · Jan 29

Our long term project has finally been published - genetic diversity is lost worldwide, but we can also make a difference and conservation actions matters.
Find out more in the Science news here
www.science.org/content/arti...
#Consgen

Wide range of Earth’s species are showing a decline in diversity

The loss of genetic variation means species may be less resilient to climate change and other stressors

www.science.org

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Anna Brüniche-Olsen @annabruniche.bsky.social · Jan 10

Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Redlisting genetics: towards inclusion of genetic data in IUCN Red List assessments - Conservation Genetics

Genetic diversity is critical for adaptation in response to changing environments and provides a valuable metric for predicting species’ extinction risk. The International Union for Conservation of Na...

link.springer.com

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Alex Fraik @akfraik.bsky.social · Dec 30

Wildlife and fisheries metabarcoding geneticist position at USFWS in Lamar, PA!

Email Dr. Stacey Nerkowski with any questions: [email protected]

#genomics #consgen #metabarcoding

Geneticist

This position is a Geneticist, GS- 0440-12 working in Lamar, Pennsylvania for the R5-Lamar NFH and Northeast Fishery Center. This position is also open to status candidates under announce...

www.usajobs.gov

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Dec 19

Nice!

#consgen #conservationgenetics #conservationgenomics

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Genetic load

Christine Grossen and Uma Ramakrishnan introduce the biology of deleterious mutations in wild populations.

www.cell.com

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Alex Fraik @akfraik.bsky.social · Dec 15

Genomics job at NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center being hired off the fish biologist call. They are looking for scientists to lead, plan, and conduct research in the Marine Mammal Molecular Genomics program to support marine mammal conservation 🧬 🦭
#ConservationGenetics #marinemammals

Fish Biologist

This is a Direct Hire Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

www.usajobs.gov

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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · Dec 4

🚨Puffins are starving!
We urged Commissioner Costas Kadis to back the sandeel fishing ban in UK & Scottish waters. Sandeels are vanishing, leaving seabirds like Atlantic Puffins without food

The EU is challenging the ban, risking declines & fragile ecosystems
www.birdlife.org/news/2024/12... #birds

Commissioner Costas Kadis – end Puffin starvation now!

33 NGOs & the Wind sector ask Costas Kadis in a letter to save Puffins in Scottish and UK waters

www.birdlife.org

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Nov 25

I've updated this starter pack for all interested!

Now bursting with over 100 natural history museum related accounts 🎉🌱🦆🙌
go.bsky.app/NtdUnyF

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Nov 22

I would also add kakī (black stilts), but most likely there are other examples of NZ birds with different types of genomic data...

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Jess da Silva @jess-dasilva.bsky.social · Nov 21

Check out this new paper just out in Trends in Ecology & Evolution on better understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation.

doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

#conservationgenetics #PopulationGenetics

Redirecting

doi.org

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Nicolas Dussex @nicolasdussex.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi 🙂 Could I be added too, please?

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