Raphaël Bouchard
raphaelbouchard.bsky.social
Raphaël Bouchard
@raphaelbouchard.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Laval University
Evolutionary Biology and Population Genomics applied to the study of Migration and Dispersal for the conservation of Salmonids 🐟🇨🇦
Reposted by Raphaël Bouchard
Changing Views on Speciation. Molecular Ecology e70175. doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Changing Views on Speciation
Our understanding of speciation processes is constantly changing. Two important concepts that have influenced thinking over the long term are the isolation and the genic views of speciation. However,...
doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reposted by Raphaël Bouchard
There are no remote regions in a globalized world. The Antarctic region (ice-free peninsula, coastal waters, & surrounding islands) has been invaded by ~200 species of plants, animals, & microbes. Antarctica is connected to the world by global ship traffic. #bioinvasions
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Reposted by Raphaël Bouchard
An early Triassic bone bed excavated at 78°N changes the story about how marine life recovered after the most cataclysmic extinction in Earth history ~252 million years ago.

Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Raphaël Bouchard
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in lampreys. If you are interested in population genomics, hybrid zones & structural variants in a super cool primitive vertebrate, feel free to contact me. Details - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Leveraging wild hybrids to map the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in a primitive vertebrate.
iapetus.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
Join Us
The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
www.therkildsenlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Reposted by Raphaël Bouchard
🚨Advice release - mixed-fisheries

ICES considerations on mixed-fisheries for the Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea have been published today

🐟Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Celtic Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Greater North Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...

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November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Reposted by Raphaël Bouchard
I'm excited to read this paper: "Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles" doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles
Abstract. Genetic offset models have become a popular component of the landscape genetics toolbox, with over 600 peer-reviewed publications applying these
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM