This is so cool!! Congrats @roneilllab.bsky.social and team! 🦀🧬 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Genome Assembly of a Living Fossil, the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus, Reveals Lineage-Specific Whole-Genome Duplications, Transposable Element-Based Centromeres, and a ZW Sex Chromosome ...

Abstract. Horseshoe crabs, considered living fossils with a stable morphotype spanning ∼445 million years, are evolutionarily, ecologically, and biomedical

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Exciting times for marsupial biology & conservation! www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts... anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A rare Australian marsupial is being genetically modified to save it from extinction. Here's how

Scientists are trying to genetically 'edit' the endangered northern quoll to make it resistant to the neurotoxin of the invasive cane toad.

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Do you love centromeres and chromosome segregation? Join us for this summer's Centromere Biology Gordon Research Conference (July 28-Aug 2). Great invited speakers. Present your work! Strong science + a wonderful community. Apply today + join the GRS too. www.grc.org/centromere-b...

The #Biodiversity & #Conservation Genomics training program is accepting a new cohort of @uconn.bsky.social undergrads starting this Summer! Integrated research w/ @UConnMCB @uconneeb.bsky.social - sequencing IUCN Red List species @cgsg.bsky.social with @nanopore.bsky.social - apply by March 11th!

Ruminant T2T Consortium announcement 🎉🐑🐐🐄🧬 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...

Going to be an O’Neill dominated department seminar today with PhD students Laura Holt & Michelle Neitzey! 🧬 Genomes, centromeres & horseshoe crabs 🧬

Visited gibbons at the Santa Clarita Gibbon Conservation Center yesterday! @gabbyhartley.bsky.social (and others from the lab) got to meet some individuals from her dissertation model species. Onto PAG in San Diego! 🧬🐒