Using extensive geographic sampling and ~1000 hologenomes, Denis et al. uncover distinct eco-evolutionary processes shaping genetic connectivity and diversity in a reef-building coral and its associated algal symbionts. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Contrasting population structures of reef-building corals and their algal symbionts inform adaptive potential across the western Pacific

Using extensive geographic sampling and hologenome data, Denis et al. uncover distinct eco-evolutionary processes shaping genetic connectivity and diversity in a reef-building coral and its associated...

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New online! Origin and function of beneficial bacterial symbioses in insects

New preprint is out! We investigate how well you can call variants directly from genome assemblies compared to traditional read-based variant calling. Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Data & code: github.com/rrwick/Are-r... (1/8)

Are reads required? High-precision variant calling from bacterial genome assemblies

Accurate nucleotide variant calling is essential in microbial genomics, particularly for outbreak tracking and phylogenetics. This study evaluates variant calls derived from genome assemblies compared...

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A paper in Nature reports that the loggerhead turtle can learn and remember the magnetic signature of an area and does a ‘turtle dance’ when in a location that they associate with food. https://go.nature.com/4jSQEDo 🐢 🧪

Learned magnetic map cues and two mechanisms of magnetoreception in turtles - Nature

Loggerhead sea turtles, which undergo long-distance migrations, can learn magnetic signatures associated with different geographic areas and have two different magnetic senses, each based on a different underlying mechanism.

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🪲 Leaf beetles 🧬 New research reveals how these diverse insects overcome dietary challenges through symbiosis & horizontal gene transfer. #Insects #Symbiosis #EvolutionaryEcology #Symbionts @hassansalem.bsky.social [link to press release: t.ly/NRxc7 ]

Symbioses and gene transfer in leaf beetles

In the course of evolution, leaf beetles found the key to digesting plants better with the help of bacteria

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