Brock Wooldridge
@tywooldr.bsky.social
NSF-OCE Postdoc in the Paleogenomics Lab at UCSC. Population & Conservation Genomics, Museum-omics of abalone (and bears (and mice)). Website: https://www.brockwooldridgephd.com/
A big postdoc project of mine is now out in PNAS! Please take a look if you're interested in marine invertebrates, ancient DNA, inversions over time, genomic erosion, rapid adaptation, and more! (photos thanks to Sarah Ford and Michael Ready) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@tywooldr.bsky.social et al. present assemblies for three bear species — the sun, sloth, and Andean bears — and use a whole-genome alignment of all bear species and other carnivores to reconstruct the evolution of Ursidae. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf188 #genome #evolution
Chromosome-scale Genomes Show Rapid Diversification and Ancient Gene Flow Among Bear Species
Abstract. Reconstructions of evolutionary history can be restricted by a lack of high-quality reference genomes. To date, only four of the eight species of
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I am recruiting PhD students to join my lab at MSU starting Fall 2026! Please spread the word and reach out if you are interested and/or want to learn more!
