Couldn’t have done this without my brilliant co-authors and the wonderful @researchdolphin.bsky.social — what an adventure! 🌊 @svenjamarfurt.bsky.social , @florianaltermatt.bsky.social , Erik Willems, Alexander Damm-Reiser, Simon J. Allen, Jean-Claude Walser and Michael Krützen

and find out more on what amaaaazing stuff my wonderful PhD-companions and friends @mbizzozzero.bsky.social & @riccardocicciarella & @felixsmith have worked on 📷📏📈📉🐬🧬🐟

💙 A massive thank you to my wonderful co-authors: Delphine, Sam, @mbizzozzero.bsky.social , Simon, Livia, Krista & Michael, 🙏 and of course to @researchdolphin.bsky.social for the chance to study these fascinating creatures 🐬

Our study highlights that only a combined approach can elucidate the complex interactions between environment 🌊 and genetics 🧬that shape the evolutionary trajectories of marine mammals 🐬

✨ Highlights:
🧬 Identified 3 genetic clusters linked to tropical, subtropical, and temperate bioregions.
💻Demographic modeling revealed splits before & after the Last Glacial Maximum.
🌊 Signs of local adaptation to environmental factors like sea surface temperature & salinity.

We explored the demographic history and adaptive evolution of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins along the Western Australian coastline.

📖 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...