Research in genomics, evolution, biodiversity, ancient DNA. Group leader at University of East Anglia, previously postdoc at The Francis Crick Institute, PhD at Wellcome Sanger Institute
Anders Bergström
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Need metadata for published ancient animal genomes? The metAaRCive project has recently made its first public release, containing metadata for 1518 published genomes across a range of species, curated by members of @aarc-community.bsky.social
Find the release here: github.com/AaRC-Animal-...
🧬 New paper in Cell!
Analysis of 12 cave lion genomes shows that cave lions and modern lions may have diverged more than three times earlier than previously thought – as early as 1.7 million years ago!
AND…they interbred when temperatures dropped!
Paper: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Want to contribute to growing this resource? Find us in the AaRC Element channel (animal-adna.org/about/) and join the fun!
Thanks to everyone who shared the Squirrelpox vaccine petition to help protect our lovely red squirrels. If you haven't signed already please do so. We lost 70-80% of the Bangor reds in a 2021 outbreak, if the virus ever got onto the island it would be awful. petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
This is the first release of metAaRCive, containing 1518 complete entries.
metAaRCive: Overview
metAaRCive is a resource of metadata for published ancient animal genomes, curated by members of AaRC...
Two upcoming events with one sign up!
AaRC Online Conference – Tuesday, May 19 (virtual)
ICP In-Person Meet-Up – Monday, June 22 in Stockholm (in person)
Here is a link to register/submit an abstract forms.gle/Kse1kPYnpsVg...
