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Poop can save species 💩 Scientists used fecal metagenomics to find pathogens in the critically endangered Iberian desman. They found 26 potential threats, some in almost half the individuals tested. Non-invasive way to study wildlife health! doi.org/10.1111/eva.70199
Advancing bioinformatics methods to identify pathogenic bacteria from fecal metagenomic data of the Iberian desman, a critically endangered species. A step forward for wildlife health monitoring. 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @evolappjournal.bsky.social
The first day of our Workshop on Genome Annotation @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social was great! We had @bombarelya.bsky.social giving a primer on genome assembly to get started. Looking forward to zooming in into annotation itself tomorrow! 🪱🐦🧬🧩🌵☘️🌽
It’s not the head, it’s the butt! Meet a completely unknown organism: a blow fly (Calliphoridae) that evolved social integration in termite nests using a false termite head in the posterior part of the body. @CurrentBiology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Happy that my first publication in 🦋 is about this. Our preprint on the origin of Bilateria is out. A nice story about the position of the Xenoacoelomorpha in the animal tree of life. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
Novel genomic approaches support Xenacoelomorpha as sister to all Bilateria
One of the most contentious debates in animal evolution is whether the first bilaterian animal was simple or complex. At the centre of this debate is the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic lineag...
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🧬📢New bioinformatics approach using metagenomic sequences to detect pathogenic bacterial species in Iberian desman feces. A promising tool for wildlife health monitoring & species conservation! We hope you find it interesting! 🤓👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🦦 @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Development of metagenomic methods for non-invasive health monitoring of endangered species: Unveiling hidden microbial threats in fecal samples
Metagenomic analysis of feces is emerging as a powerful tool for improving the monitoring of endangered species. A critical aspect in assessing the extinction risk of a species is the analysis of the ...
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bioRxiv Genomics@biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 2y agoDevelopment of metagenomic methods for non-invasive health monitoring of endangered species: Unveiling hidden microbial threats in fecal samples https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.21.633432v1
Development of metagenomic methods for non-invasive health monitoring of endangered species: Unveiling hidden microbial threats in fecal samples https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.21.633432v1