Verena Kutschera
@vekutschera.bsky.social
Bioinformatician at National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden (NBIS / ELIXIR-SE) and SciLifeLab | interested in evolution, biodiversity, conservation and population genomics, pipeline development, reproducible research | Stockholm, Sweden
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The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
May 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The FIRST International Conference on Palaeogenomics will happen in Stockholm, Sweden, June 23-26, 2026!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
Topics will encompass all corners of ancient DNA research, from humans to wildlife and sediments🧬🦣💀🦠
Save the dates ✅
Check the website icp2026.palaeogenomics.org and follow us for updates!
The next GenErode version is available (0.6.3)! 🎉 github.com/NBISweden/Ge...
GitHub - NBISweden/GenErode at 0.6.3
GitHub repository for GenErode, a Snakemake pipeline for the analysis of whole-genome sequencing data from historical and modern samples to study patterns of genome erosion. - GitHub - NBISweden/Ge...
github.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The next GenErode version is available (0.6.3)! 🎉 github.com/NBISweden/Ge...
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My colleague, investigating a student for obvious GenAI use, sent me a bibliographical reference to a chapter I'd apparently written in a volume I had apparently edited.
Neither title of course exists. But they were both titles I COULD have written, and he emailed because he felt he had to check.
Neither title of course exists. But they were both titles I COULD have written, and he emailed because he felt he had to check.
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
My colleague, investigating a student for obvious GenAI use, sent me a bibliographical reference to a chapter I'd apparently written in a volume I had apparently edited.
Neither title of course exists. But they were both titles I COULD have written, and he emailed because he felt he had to check.
Neither title of course exists. But they were both titles I COULD have written, and he emailed because he felt he had to check.
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#ERGAReads | How much media attention does #biodiversity get? 📉 Not nearly enough.
This study compares media & search interest in #COP15 vs #COP27 and... Taylor Swift 🎤🌍 Bridging this attention gap is crucial to achieving global #conservation goals.
🔗 rdcu.be/eiJ0A
This study compares media & search interest in #COP15 vs #COP27 and... Taylor Swift 🎤🌍 Bridging this attention gap is crucial to achieving global #conservation goals.
🔗 rdcu.be/eiJ0A
May 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#ERGAReads | How much media attention does #biodiversity get? 📉 Not nearly enough.
This study compares media & search interest in #COP15 vs #COP27 and... Taylor Swift 🎤🌍 Bridging this attention gap is crucial to achieving global #conservation goals.
🔗 rdcu.be/eiJ0A
This study compares media & search interest in #COP15 vs #COP27 and... Taylor Swift 🎤🌍 Bridging this attention gap is crucial to achieving global #conservation goals.
🔗 rdcu.be/eiJ0A
Even though biodiversity loss is happening at an alarming rate, COP15 received significantly less media coverage and internet search interest than COP27 and Taylor Swift according to this study.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Even though biodiversity loss is happening at an alarming rate, COP15 received significantly less media coverage and internet search interest than COP27 and Taylor Swift according to this study.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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We are looking for new manager for our computing unit! If you have experience in both biology and computers, this might be the perfect job for you! UBC is a lovely place, and Zoology is a fantastic, collaborative and kind department. Apply by May 4th at ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs...
Biosciences Computing Manager
Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Information Systems and Technology, Level D Job Title Biosciences Computing Manager Department Administrative Leadership | Dep...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We are looking for new manager for our computing unit! If you have experience in both biology and computers, this might be the perfect job for you! UBC is a lovely place, and Zoology is a fantastic, collaborative and kind department. Apply by May 4th at ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcstaffjobs...
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[Please share] 📢‼️
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
April 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
[Please share] 📢‼️
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
I have 2️⃣ postdoc positions advertised at the Swedish Museum of Natural History:
Postdoc on "Theory of adaptive radiation"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
Postdoc on "Homoploid Hybrid Plant Genome Evolution"
recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
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Phylogeography of introgression: Spatial and temporal analyses identify two introgression events between brown and American black bears 🐻🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phylogeography of introgression: Spatial and temporal analyses identify two introgression events between brown and American black bears - Heredity
Heredity - Phylogeography of introgression: Spatial and temporal analyses identify two introgression events between brown and American black bears
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Phylogeography of introgression: Spatial and temporal analyses identify two introgression events between brown and American black bears 🐻🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Only 1 more week to apply for this postdoc position on the genomics of parallel climate adaptation in yeast! Link to application portal is in the post below. Please share widely! 🧪🌳🧬🍄
And now, we also have a 2-year postdoc position in the Stelkens Lab! 🧪 If you are interested in parallel evolution, genomics, yeast, and climate adaptation, this could be for you! Please apply through U Stockholm's job platform here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
April 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Only 1 more week to apply for this postdoc position on the genomics of parallel climate adaptation in yeast! Link to application portal is in the post below. Please share widely! 🧪🌳🧬🍄
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🔔 #Seminar: Genomic erosion and biodiversity #conservation
🗓️ Tue, April 29 - 11:00 CEST
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
Talks by @hernmoral.bsky.social, Samuel Speak and Xuejing Wang from the Globe Institute and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
🗓️ Tue, April 29 - 11:00 CEST
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
Talks by @hernmoral.bsky.social, Samuel Speak and Xuejing Wang from the Globe Institute and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
Genomic erosion and biodiversity conservation
This month's ERGA BioGenome Analysis & Applications Seminar will feature three short talks on the topic of genomic erosion and biodiversity conservation. Learn more below about the featured talks and ...
www.erga-biodiversity.eu
April 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🔔 #Seminar: Genomic erosion and biodiversity #conservation
🗓️ Tue, April 29 - 11:00 CEST
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
Talks by @hernmoral.bsky.social, Samuel Speak and Xuejing Wang from the Globe Institute and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
🗓️ Tue, April 29 - 11:00 CEST
🔗 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...
Talks by @hernmoral.bsky.social, Samuel Speak and Xuejing Wang from the Globe Institute and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
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Spring has finally sprung, and you may have noticed a few more bees about! 🐝
We’ve got 5 handy tips on making your garden the best it can be for the bees 👇
We’ve got 5 handy tips on making your garden the best it can be for the bees 👇
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Spring has finally sprung, and you may have noticed a few more bees about! 🐝
We’ve got 5 handy tips on making your garden the best it can be for the bees 👇
We’ve got 5 handy tips on making your garden the best it can be for the bees 👇
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We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts.
Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
PhD student in Ecology and Evolution
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories, situated at the University Campus at Frescati. Presently around 100 people, including 35 PhD
su.varbi.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We have an open 4-year PhD position in the Slotte lab at Stockholm University, to investigate genomic signatures of selection associated with pollination mode shifts.
Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
Full ad: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Apply by April 22, 2025 via the University application portal (link). Please repost! 🧪
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Der Klimabericht des Deutschen Wetterdiensts bestätigt, was unser #Hitze-Check 2024 auch gezeigt hat: Viele Städte sind an Sommertagen kaum noch lebenswert. Auf zubetonierten Plätzen und Straßen sucht man vergebens ein Schattenplätzchen. (1/2)
(S+) Bericht des DWD: So hart trifft Deutschland die Klimakrise
Hitzewellen, sehr nasse oder trockene Jahre: Was früher extrem war, ist heute normal, schreibt der DWD in seinem Klimabericht für 2024. Er warnt vor den Folgen für die deutsche Energieversorgung.
www.spiegel.de
April 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Der Klimabericht des Deutschen Wetterdiensts bestätigt, was unser #Hitze-Check 2024 auch gezeigt hat: Viele Städte sind an Sommertagen kaum noch lebenswert. Auf zubetonierten Plätzen und Straßen sucht man vergebens ein Schattenplätzchen. (1/2)
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#ERGAReads | Integrating #GeneticDiversity into #NatureRestoration: this review highlights how genetic diversity -often overlooked in conservation policies- can strengthen the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulation and global #biodiversity efforts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @coalitioncongen.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @coalitioncongen.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
#ERGAReads | Integrating #GeneticDiversity into #NatureRestoration: this review highlights how genetic diversity -often overlooked in conservation policies- can strengthen the EU’s Nature Restoration Regulation and global #biodiversity efforts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @coalitioncongen.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @coalitioncongen.bsky.social
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Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
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Looking forward to this webinar with @scilifelab.se on navigating open science policies.
I will speak about open science practices at scientific journals.
There’s still time to sign up - come join us!
www.scilifelab.se/event/plos-a...
I will speak about open science practices at scientific journals.
There’s still time to sign up - come join us!
www.scilifelab.se/event/plos-a...
PLOS and SciLifeLab Webinar: Navigating Open Science Policies – Practical Guidance for Researchers on Sharing Data and Software
Open science policies are rapidly evolving, but many researchers find them to be vague and difficult to navigate. These policies often lack clear, actionable guidelines for how researchers can respond...
www.scilifelab.se
March 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Looking forward to this webinar with @scilifelab.se on navigating open science policies.
I will speak about open science practices at scientific journals.
There’s still time to sign up - come join us!
www.scilifelab.se/event/plos-a...
I will speak about open science practices at scientific journals.
There’s still time to sign up - come join us!
www.scilifelab.se/event/plos-a...
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Did you know that you can build pipelines in @galaxyproject.bsky.social?
Check out this talk by Björn Grüning, head of the Galaxy Team @uni-freiburg.de, and discover how #Galaxy how to get started with the platform and create pipelines right away!
🔗 youtu.be/OIzWTd93k5c?...
#usegalaxy #genomics
Check out this talk by Björn Grüning, head of the Galaxy Team @uni-freiburg.de, and discover how #Galaxy how to get started with the platform and create pipelines right away!
🔗 youtu.be/OIzWTd93k5c?...
#usegalaxy #genomics
How to build a pipeline in Galaxy?
YouTube video by ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Did you know that you can build pipelines in @galaxyproject.bsky.social?
Check out this talk by Björn Grüning, head of the Galaxy Team @uni-freiburg.de, and discover how #Galaxy how to get started with the platform and create pipelines right away!
🔗 youtu.be/OIzWTd93k5c?...
#usegalaxy #genomics
Check out this talk by Björn Grüning, head of the Galaxy Team @uni-freiburg.de, and discover how #Galaxy how to get started with the platform and create pipelines right away!
🔗 youtu.be/OIzWTd93k5c?...
#usegalaxy #genomics
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Looking for high quality free videos?🎥 Introducing: Open Planet! 🧪🌍
A rich free-to-use video library to help storytellers create impactful content for our planet.
Find world-class footage to tell your stories about #biodiversity & nature ⤵️🌿
openplanet.org #ForNature
A rich free-to-use video library to help storytellers create impactful content for our planet.
Find world-class footage to tell your stories about #biodiversity & nature ⤵️🌿
openplanet.org #ForNature
Discover world-class footage of our changing planet.
Open Planet is a global library of high-quality climate and nature footage. It is free to use for educational, environmental and impact storytelling.
openplanet.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Looking for high quality free videos?🎥 Introducing: Open Planet! 🧪🌍
A rich free-to-use video library to help storytellers create impactful content for our planet.
Find world-class footage to tell your stories about #biodiversity & nature ⤵️🌿
openplanet.org #ForNature
A rich free-to-use video library to help storytellers create impactful content for our planet.
Find world-class footage to tell your stories about #biodiversity & nature ⤵️🌿
openplanet.org #ForNature
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„Ohne die Möglichkeit zur Klage wird die Zerstörung von Flüssen, Seen u. Landschaften immer weiter zunehmen“. Klartext von @bandt-bund.bsky.social bzgl. der Diskussion von CDU u. SPD, das #Klagerecht für Umweltverbände einzuschränken. #Koalitionsverhandlungen
Stand der Koalitionsverhandlungen: Bechsteinfledermaus bald kein Grund mehr zur Klage?
Union und SPD diskutieren, das Klagerecht für Umweltverbände einzuschränken. Höchst fraglich, ob das machbar ist. Kritik gibt es dennoch reichlich.
taz.de
April 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
„Ohne die Möglichkeit zur Klage wird die Zerstörung von Flüssen, Seen u. Landschaften immer weiter zunehmen“. Klartext von @bandt-bund.bsky.social bzgl. der Diskussion von CDU u. SPD, das #Klagerecht für Umweltverbände einzuschränken. #Koalitionsverhandlungen
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Do you have a #bioinformatics project idea that needs a little stimulus⚡?
Submit your project proposal for #BioHackEU25 to get the chance to meet with experts 💨 to drive the project forward.
📥 Submit your proposal by 14 April: biohackathon-europe.org/projects/
Submit your project proposal for #BioHackEU25 to get the chance to meet with experts 💨 to drive the project forward.
📥 Submit your proposal by 14 April: biohackathon-europe.org/projects/
March 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Do you have a #bioinformatics project idea that needs a little stimulus⚡?
Submit your project proposal for #BioHackEU25 to get the chance to meet with experts 💨 to drive the project forward.
📥 Submit your proposal by 14 April: biohackathon-europe.org/projects/
Submit your project proposal for #BioHackEU25 to get the chance to meet with experts 💨 to drive the project forward.
📥 Submit your proposal by 14 April: biohackathon-europe.org/projects/
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aDNA/aeDNA folks: tired of eyeballing hundreds of damage plots? I am excited to introduce AdDeam—a tool to rapidly generate damage profiles, cluster them, and spot outliers. Great for large sample sets or flagging modern contigs in ancient metagenomics assemblies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
AdDeam: A Fast and Scalable Tool for Estimating and Clustering Reference-Level Damage Profiles
Motivation DNA damage patterns, such as increased frequencies of C>T and G>A substitutions at fragment ends, are widely used in ancient DNA studies to assess authenticity and detect contamination. In ...
www.biorxiv.org
March 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
aDNA/aeDNA folks: tired of eyeballing hundreds of damage plots? I am excited to introduce AdDeam—a tool to rapidly generate damage profiles, cluster them, and spot outliers. Great for large sample sets or flagging modern contigs in ancient metagenomics assemblies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Last week, @elife.bsky.social posted the version of record of our #aDNA study on Iberian aurochs/cattle.
We found a lot of hybridization, probably sex-biased, stabilizing at ~20% about 4000 years ago (co-author Colin Smith coined the term 'cowrochs').
Read more: elifesciences.org/articles/93076
We found a lot of hybridization, probably sex-biased, stabilizing at ~20% about 4000 years ago (co-author Colin Smith coined the term 'cowrochs').
Read more: elifesciences.org/articles/93076
The genomic legacy of aurochs hybridisation in ancient and modern Iberian cattle
After their introduction to the Iberian peninsula, domestic cattle hybridised with mostly male wild aurochs for millennia until human actions likely ended this process about 4000 years ago.
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Last week, @elife.bsky.social posted the version of record of our #aDNA study on Iberian aurochs/cattle.
We found a lot of hybridization, probably sex-biased, stabilizing at ~20% about 4000 years ago (co-author Colin Smith coined the term 'cowrochs').
Read more: elifesciences.org/articles/93076
We found a lot of hybridization, probably sex-biased, stabilizing at ~20% about 4000 years ago (co-author Colin Smith coined the term 'cowrochs').
Read more: elifesciences.org/articles/93076
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Join us online next month, when we'll be asking: What is the role of academia in addressing the biodiversity crisis?
Register your place now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Register your place now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Join us online next month, when we'll be asking: What is the role of academia in addressing the biodiversity crisis?
Register your place now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Register your place now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Happy to see my former @nbis.se advisory program student Zach Nolen's new pipeline PopGLen for analyses of short-read data using genotype-likelihood based methods out!
Github: github.com/zjnolen/PopG...
Paper: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
Github: github.com/zjnolen/PopG...
Paper: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
PopGLen—A Snakemake pipeline for performing population genomic analyses using genotype likelihood-based methods
AbstractSummary. PopGLen is a Snakemake workflow for performing population genomic analyses within a genotype-likelihood framework, integrating steps for r
academic.oup.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Happy to see my former @nbis.se advisory program student Zach Nolen's new pipeline PopGLen for analyses of short-read data using genotype-likelihood based methods out!
Github: github.com/zjnolen/PopG...
Paper: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
Github: github.com/zjnolen/PopG...
Paper: academic.oup.com/bioinformati...
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New paper 🚨
This review led by #CPGstlhm researchers @amandalindahl.bsky.social @indianadiez.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social and @palaeopete.bsky.social explores how #ancientDNA 🧬 can be used to investigate all hierarchical levels of #biodiversity across time ⌚
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This review led by #CPGstlhm researchers @amandalindahl.bsky.social @indianadiez.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social and @palaeopete.bsky.social explores how #ancientDNA 🧬 can be used to investigate all hierarchical levels of #biodiversity across time ⌚
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Palaeogenomic inference of biodiversity dynamics across Quaternary timescales - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
This Review explores the utility of palaeogenomics for exploring past biodiversity trends and ecosystem responses to a changing world, including natural climate cycles and increasing human activity.
www.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
New paper 🚨
This review led by #CPGstlhm researchers @amandalindahl.bsky.social @indianadiez.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social and @palaeopete.bsky.social explores how #ancientDNA 🧬 can be used to investigate all hierarchical levels of #biodiversity across time ⌚
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This review led by #CPGstlhm researchers @amandalindahl.bsky.social @indianadiez.bsky.social @lovedalen.bsky.social and @palaeopete.bsky.social explores how #ancientDNA 🧬 can be used to investigate all hierarchical levels of #biodiversity across time ⌚
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s44...