#Conservation implications: treating hoiho as three subspecies changes the playbook. Mainland M. a. murihiku needs urgent, tailored action, and genetic rescue from subantarctic birds could risk outbreeding depression by introducing local adaptations younger than the species divergence.

Re: RDS on the mainland. A GWAS within the Northern subspecies and all subspecies flags candidate genes tied to immunity and respiration.

Using ARGs, we can trace population divergence across the genome. This “excess coalescence” plot shows when genomes begin to diverge. The timing aligns with the BEAST-inferred divergence windows, but using separate methodology.
(Not in the preprint, BTS!)

When did they split? Molecular dating points to ~5–16k years for the Northern vs Southern split and ~3–11k years between the two Southern groups, dating to before human arrival in Aotearoa NZ. (Fig. 3)

We sequenced ~249 whole genomes 🧬 spanning the mainland and subantarctic Enderby & Campbell Islands. Result: three distinct genetic lineages, with negligible gene flow among them (See PCA/tree in Fig. 2, and migration rates in supplement)!

🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature

No cute-off, not a competition, haha..

Here's our 14-year-old with her bit of hearing loss

Who chose this color scheme?

Puppy cuddles and voyager....

Guide: Switching from Conda/Mamba to Pixi. Near instant environments, better HPC compatibility and reproducibility. But really, it's the speed!

josephguhlin.com/pixi-uv-bioi...

#bioinformatics #genomics #python

Fakeminimap2 now supports interactive visualization of results. Just for fun, but kinda useful. Watch until the end.

Built with Rust & @ratatui.rs

Try it out! Here, until GitHub allows PRs again:
github.com/jguhlin/mini...

#rust #rustlang #bioinformatics #genomics #ratatui

Soon you'll be able to melt your phone, or run whole assemblies. #genomics #bioinformatics #rust #rustlang #longread