Our de novo humpback genome paper is out! Return to the sea, get huge, beat cancer: an analysis of cetacean genomes including an assembly for the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) | Molecular Biology and Evolution | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of d... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… “genomics” not necessarily the optimal approach!

Anna’s (Schleimer) second paper for her joint PhD (University of Groningen and University of St Andrews) is out onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

PhD position available Marine Evolution & Conservation Group University of Groningen (with Dr. Camilla Speller UBC Anthropology and Dr. Eduardo Secchi FURG) as part of SeaChanges. Applying genomics to historic and modern samples to assess the effects of industrial whaling. See rug.nl/about-us/work-….

Long-term isolation at a low effective population size greatly reduced genetic diversity in Gulf of California fin whales doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

Our on-line, bi-weekly journal club (Wed 13-14, European Central Time), where we discuss recent publications and issues in "molecular" ecology and conservation is open to anybody with an interest in critical interpretation of genetic/omic data. Just let me know.

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5 tenure-track positions in Evolutionary Biology at Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences rug.nl/research/gelif…

I am really excited and happy to share my first PhD paper on mitogenomic variation and population demography on Atlantic cod 🐟💧 We disentangled a bit more of this story using ancient DNA. Check it out in Frontiers: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2…

Our review on cetaceans evolution is now officially published. A nice overview of what have we learned from applying molecular methods, future perspectives and challenges. Eline Lorenzen Marie Louis Marine Evolution & Conservation Group annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11…

And... one more chapter of Jurjan (van der Zee's) PhD published Demographic changes in Pleistocene sea turtles were driven by past sea level fluctuations affecting feeding habitat availability, doi-org.proxy-ub.rug.nl/10.1111/mec.16…

Green sea turtle paper (from Jurjan's thesis) out with a Heredity pod cast about the paper as well.

www-annualreviews-org.proxy-ub.rug.nl/doi/full/10.11… Started as a PhD introductory essay 🙂

Andrea's last doctoral thesis chapter out to day onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Andrea A Cabrera Rui Prieto CoastalStudies University of Groningen

In case you are in need of some distraction. capeandislands.org/show/the-point… CoastalStudies University of Groningen

Excited to share that part of my master's and PhD at the University of Groningen, led by Marine Evolution & Conservation Group & CoastalStudies is out in Science Magazine! We used pedigrees to estimate mutation rates in baleen whales with surprising results! See more in science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #ScienceResearch