Aarati Basnet
@aaratib.bsky.social
PhD student @Kentstate| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Nature enthusiast | Conservation genomics | she/her
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Aarati Basnet
@aaratib.bsky.social
· Mar 28
🧵1/ Invasive species wreak havoc on island ecosystems, and the avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) is no exception. It parasitizes Galápagos birds, including Darwin’s finches, but how did it become such a successful invader? We used whole-genome sequencing to find out! 🪰🐦⬛
🧵1/ Invasive species wreak havoc on island ecosystems, and the avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) is no exception. It parasitizes Galápagos birds, including Darwin’s finches, but how did it become such a successful invader? We used whole-genome sequencing to find out! 🪰🐦⬛
March 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🧵1/ Invasive species wreak havoc on island ecosystems, and the avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) is no exception. It parasitizes Galápagos birds, including Darwin’s finches, but how did it become such a successful invader? We used whole-genome sequencing to find out! 🪰🐦⬛