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Peter Dearden

@peterkdearden.bsky.social

Geneticist, evolutionary biologist, evolution and development. Working mainly on insects, but also big green budgies and snails. Co Director of Genomics Aotearoa, Deputy Director of Bioprotection Aotearoa. Snarked on Substack.

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Nicola Gaston@nicgaston.bsky.social · 6d ago

Part 2:

Govt science reform uproots the tree it needs to bear fruit

From Auckland University - Comment: Defunding basic research risks starving NZ's deep-tech startups before they begin, writes Dr Nicola Gaston.

newsroom.co.nz

Nicola Gaston@nicgaston.bsky.social · last wk.

Obviously nothing has pissed me off quite as much as them killing the Marsden Fund (👉 my 📌 post), but govt claiming that the Science Investment Plan does not cut funding when the plan itself says “core science and research funding is projected to decline in future years” was the icing on the cake.

Peter Dearden@peterkdearden.bsky.social · 4w ago

Want to see what genes change their copy number with your favourite complex trait while controlling for phylogeny? Try this. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

OrthoGLMM: Phylogenetic Association Testing for Gene Content and Trait Evolution

Motivation Comparative genome projects can now assemble and annotate hundreds of species, creating an opportunity to test whether species-level traits are associated with repeated changes in gene cont...

biorxiv.org

James Gilbert@jdjgilbert.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 New bee paper in press, with @jamiesmithbio.bsky.social at Hull and @ejduncan.bsky.social at Leeds! Delighted to have this accepted - huge congrats to Jamie on the first paper out of his PhD 🥳 🎉 Read the paper in online early view form, here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Lasting Impacts of Sublethal Prepupal Heatwaves on Fertility-related Traits of the Solitary Bee Osmia bicornis

Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves, which can have severe consequences for insect physiology, development, and repr…

sciencedirect.com

Otago Microbiology and Immunology@otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🐧 New research on hoiho / yellow-eyed penguins reveals three deep evolutionary lineages and candidate genes linked to respiratory distress syndrome. Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Genomics #ConservationBiology

Population genomics of yellow-eyed penguins uncovers subspecies divergence and candidate genes linked to respiratory distress syndrome - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Whole-genome data from 249 yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho) identify three lineages with high geographical and genomic divergence, and candidate gene variants associated with differential susceptibility t...

nature.com