Excited to share our latest paper in Global Change Biology! 🐳Here we examined bowhead and narwhal genomics and the legacy of commercial whaling: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Collabs w/ C. Müller, @biomatt.bsky.social, S. Ferguson, C. Watt, M. Marcoux, S. Petersen, @colingarroway.bsky.social

Killer whales are moving northward into the Arctic as sea ice melts from a warming climate. Using genetics, we identified 2 highly distinct Canadian Arctic populations with origins from the western and eastern North Atlantic. 2/4

Killer whales are increasingly seen in the Arctic as sea ice melts. We found 2 highly distinct Arctic populations that appear not to interbreed, and are as genetically distinct as ecotypes elsewhere in the species' range, and appear to be at risk from inbreeding and harvest. 2/3

New preprint on the population genetics of Arctic killer whales led by @colingarroway.bsky.social
& I with many great collaborations! doi.org/10.1101/2023.... Photo taken by Maha Ghazal. 1/3