Thank you, Anil for this excellent summary of the two @pnas.org papers on #biodiversity measurement and monitoring that came out this week. I love your rallying call to the computer science community to help build the federated system we need. This is firmly in the realm of the doable.
Pangenomes, really?
Most early “pangenomes” = oligogenomes (oligo, Gr., few).
More recent “pangenomes” generally = poligenomes (polis, Gr., many).
True pangenomes (pas, Gr., every/all) would be rare indeed.
🙏🏼 @zbao.bsky.social for pointing out his review.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2026 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences now online! Most read article - Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework arevie.ws/3MLGitv
@jess-dasilva.bsky.social @lauradbertola.bsky.social @testeeves.bsky.social @sibellevilaca.bsky.social
Leipzig U and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) have an open faculty position (W2) in evolutionary population genetics! This position is tenured and comes with generous core funding. We are eager to welcome a new colleague! Deadline March 11.
www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetai...
So I pleased to announce the conceptual spawn of FigTree: PearTree (acronym still to be finalised). If you want to dive right in it is hosted as a web app here: artic-network.github.io/peartree (click the “Example...” button for immediate candy and then click every button you can find).
The deadline for applying to be an Associate Editor has been extended to the 8th March!
MEE are looking for expertise across a range of topics, including stable isotopes, ecophysiology, mark-recapture methods and modelling, and more!
Find out more and apply here 👇
buff.ly/MzIXj6U
Comparison of read mappings at HG002 chr4:40,294,825-40,295,700, showing conventional (pbmm2) read mappings (above) and portello mappings (below). The same set of unaligned input reads were input into each mapping process.
What if you could improve small variant accuracy, CNV inference, and interpretability of your HiFi WGS data by taking a different approach to read mapping? Our new preprint describes portello, a method which demonstrates the potential for such improvements. (1/5)
Photo of nesting sea turtle on a beach with the title of the special superimposed on it.
🐢🦤🧪 ESR Special #26. Initiated at the end of the 20th century, many #MarineTurtle monitoring programs have been ongoing for two or more decades and provide valuable insights into population dynamics and conservation. Contribute now! bit.ly/esr_special26
@brendangodley.bsky.social
This recently-accepted study highlights the critical need to incorporate genomic erosion—the loss of genetic diversity, accumulation of harmful mutations, maladaptation, and introgression—into conservation assessments.
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I read it yesterday and thought it was a fantastic paper! I'm glad you revisited it! Congrats!
This recently-accepted review highlights the growing use of genomic data to define evolutionary significant units (ESUs) in conservation. While more studies suggest increased ESU numbers, inconsistencies in definitions & analysis methods—such as relying solely on PCA or Fst—pose challenges.
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Why biodiversity science needs its own model intercomparison projects 👇.
Lessons from climate science, applied to biodiversity & policy. 🌍🧬
by @geobon.org #EcoCode team @mark-urban.bsky.social @gretabocedi.bsky.social @sjevelazco.bsky.social
🚨Final call for papers🚨
Joint Special Issue with Molecular Ecology!
Theme: Evolutionary Genomics & Climate Change 🌍🧬
📅 Submit by February 28🏃♂️
Reach out to us and @marenwellenreuther.bsky.social
if you wanna know more! And please help us spread the word 🦧
Slim 5 can now simulate genomes with multiple chromosomes like autosomes, sex chromosomes, mitochondria and chloroplast dna academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
📣 Join us - we’re hiring an engagement officer for the CAN BON 🍁 initiative!
An effort to transform Canada’s capacity to mobilize its knowledge about the changing state of nature.
See the job posting here👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
Do you think you understand effective population size (Ne)? This key concept for conservation is complex.. but a new Special Issue organized by @jmergeay.bsky.social et al. provides clarity with 19 papers help us understand more 🧬
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70196
Latest issue of Cowrent Biology is up! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Combined Annotation Dependent Depletion (CADD) is a #machinelearning approach used to predict the deleteriousness of genetic variants. In #G3journal, learn about the automated CADD pipeline offering a species-independent approach for generating CADD scores.https://buff.ly/B22F34W
Excited to host our @nanoporetech.com Org.one workshop: #Genomes for the #Conservation of Endangered Species at #PAG33 on Fri Jan 9th 10:30am! Join us for a set of biodiverse talks 🌳🦜 🐸 🧬 @uconnresearch.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social
A must read for conservation geneticists on the utility (or not??) of using molecular diversity to predict adaptive potential 👇🏻
Your work is an act of resistance. Keep going.
"When a batesian mimicry species comes to the party: hello fellow harmful species"
"I found on all-encompassing way to define species" (with desperation "phylogenic" "phenetic" "ecological" "biological" "genetic"
I'm excited to share memes that my students made this year in my undergraduate #Evolution class #popgen #consgen #evolbiol . "When a batesian mimicry species comes to the party: hello fellow harmful species" "I found on all-encompassing way to define species"
#popgen #evolbio #genomics #consgen
I've slowly been reformatting notes from my population and conservation genetics course at Montana State University into a web book—a rough draft is now live here: elinck.org/popgen_conge...
"Business as usual will commit biodiversity to genetic erosion: parallels from climate change for proactive conservation" - doi.org/10.32942/X20...
MBE | Coexisting With Humans: Genomic and Behavioral Consequences in a Small and Isolated Bear Population
Fabbri et al. studied the Apennine brown bear population, which has coexisted with humans in Central Italy for millennia, showing these bears have reduced genetic diversity and selective signatures at genes associated with reduced aggressiveness.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf292
#evobio #molbio
Apennine brown bear #genomic diversity - comparing whole #genome resequencing data from Apennine, Central European, and North American brown bears academic.oup.com/mbe/article/... #biodiversity #genomics
Join our Tree of Life Programme as a Group Leader in Biodiversity Genomics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Lead ambitious, large-scale genomics research to understand life’s diversity on Earth.
🔗 Learn more and apply: sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
📅 Closing date: 8 February 2026
#popgen #consgen #evolbiol
