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Kara Layton

@molluscular.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto interested in molluscan systematics, evolution & genomics laytonlab.com

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Kara Layton@molluscular.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Layton Lab is *almost* ready for #CSEE2026 but first these freshwater mussel swab kits need to go out to collaborators! Then, you can find us in the Gastropod session on Tuesday @ 1:30pm and the Marine Science session on Wednesday @ 8:30am! 🧬 🐌 🐚 🦪

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Kara Layton@molluscular.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I’m so thrilled to share @vicgillman.bsky.social first first-author paper just published in Conservation Genetics 🎉🧬🦪 (not a FW mussel). This is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come from Victoria - stay tuned! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Genomic evidence of local adaptation in Scottish freshwater pearl mussels - Conservation Genetics

Conservation Genetics - Climate change is a global threat that is already impacting populations and species across diverse ecosystems. Local adaptation of populations, identified through...

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Kara Layton@molluscular.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very excited to share this paper from PhD student Ethan Ross demonstrating the utility of ONT for generating barcode reference libraries in seagrass invertebrates. A second congratulations to Ethan for submitting his PhD thesis today! 🎉🧬🐚

A Comprehensive DNA Barcode Reference Library for the Macroinvertebrates of Scottish Seagrass Beds Using Oxford Nanopore Flongle Flowcells

In this study we use ONT Flongle Flowcells to produced DNA barcodes for 146 seagrass associated marine invertebrate OTUs collected from four seagrass beds in Scotland, targeting COI and 18S V4 region....

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Nick Haddad@nickhaddad.bsky.social · last yr.

More bad news for butterflies. Our new paper led by Wendy Leuenberger shows common species are declining even more rapidly than rare ones. @ZipkinLab Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2501340122

Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States | PNAS

Insects are declining worldwide. These declines have been documented across taxonomic groups and are worrisome given ecosystem services provided by...

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Kara Layton@molluscular.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s been such a pleasure to meet and work with this wonderful group of people. I’ve learned so much from them and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be involved! Led by the amazing @cristinaruedau.bsky.social

Eloisa Lasso De Paulis, PhD@elolasso.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to be part of this effort led by CrisRuedas and the caminos network, which has just been published today. In it we review what has been done on pollination research in the tropical Andes and propose new lines of research. Pollination onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Kara Layton@molluscular.bsky.social · last yr.

A huge win for Northern Arizona University! @chamberea.bsky.social is one of the most talented and lovely academics I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. Congrats Anne 🎉🥂

E. Anne Chambers@chamberea.bsky.social · last yr.

Incredibly excited to announce that I will be starting as an assistant professor and curator of vertebrate collections at Northern Arizona University! I feel very fortunate to be joining such a wonderful department and also to live in a southwestern mountain town like Flagstaff — a dream come true!

Silvia Prieto@silviaprietob.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our recent paper “Tracing the evolution of key traits in dorid nudibranchs”! 🧬🐌 dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... Nudibranchs are a fascinating and diverse group of molluscs, unique and interesting systems in ecology and evolutionary biology. @molluscular.bsky.social

Tracing the evolution of key traits in dorid nudibranchs

Reconstructing trait evolution is critically important for elucidating the processes generating biodiversity. However, this work is in its infancy in non-model clades for which we lack a basic underst...

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