Jason Bragg
@jasongbragg.bsky.social
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Exciting that our paper describing a pangenome for European ash is out today in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
European ash pangenome reveals widespread structural variation and genetic basis of low ash dieback susceptibility - Nature Communications
European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a keystone tree species throughout temperate Europe whose future existence is threatened by ash dieback disease (ADB). Here, the authors report the constructi...
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September 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Exciting that our paper describing a pangenome for European ash is out today in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New paper on ash tree genomics showing large genomic differences between trees involving thousands of genes nature.com/articles/s41...
European ash pangenome reveals widespread structural variation and genetic basis of low ash dieback susceptibility - Nature Communications
European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a keystone tree species throughout temperate Europe whose future existence is threatened by ash dieback disease (ADB). Here, the authors report the constructi...
nature.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
New paper on ash tree genomics showing large genomic differences between trees involving thousands of genes nature.com/articles/s41...
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So excited that the ash tree pangenome @danielwood1992.bsky.social worked so hard on is now out in the world 🥳 Thanks to all our co-authors (including @rbuggs.bsky.social @dariogala.bsky.social @emmacurran.bsky.social @leviyant.bsky.social) and @forest-protection.bsky.social for funding 🧬🌳⬇️
Exciting that our paper describing a pangenome for European ash is out today in Nature Communications. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
European ash pangenome reveals widespread structural variation and genetic basis of low ash dieback susceptibility - Nature Communications
European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a keystone tree species throughout temperate Europe whose future existence is threatened by ash dieback disease (ADB). Here, the authors report the constructi...
www.nature.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM
So excited that the ash tree pangenome @danielwood1992.bsky.social worked so hard on is now out in the world 🥳 Thanks to all our co-authors (including @rbuggs.bsky.social @dariogala.bsky.social @emmacurran.bsky.social @leviyant.bsky.social) and @forest-protection.bsky.social for funding 🧬🌳⬇️
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Our new paper doi.org/10.1098/rspb... on long-term genetic threats to small populations finds that "mutational meltdown" (bad mutations fixing) is less of a problem than "mutational drought" (too few good new mutations) @wmawass.bsky.social @uliseshmc.bsky.social @jeremyjberg.bsky.social 1/5
Extinction vortices are driven more by a shortage of beneficial mutations than by deleterious mutation accumulation
Abstract. Habitat loss contributes to extinction risk in multiple ways. Genetically, small populations can face an ‘extinction vortex’—a positive feedback
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June 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Our new paper doi.org/10.1098/rspb... on long-term genetic threats to small populations finds that "mutational meltdown" (bad mutations fixing) is less of a problem than "mutational drought" (too few good new mutations) @wmawass.bsky.social @uliseshmc.bsky.social @jeremyjberg.bsky.social 1/5
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Supporting myrtle rust restoration in a foundation wetland species using genomics! New paper out, involving whole genome sequencing, rust assays, population genetics... From barely anything known of this species to quite something! doi.org/10.1111/mec.... 🧪
May 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Supporting myrtle rust restoration in a foundation wetland species using genomics! New paper out, involving whole genome sequencing, rust assays, population genetics... From barely anything known of this species to quite something! doi.org/10.1111/mec.... 🧪
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Chen, @jasongbragg.bsky.social & Jones present a near telomere-to-telomere, haplotype-resolved nuclear genome and complete organelle genomes of beach spinifex, a dioecious grass native to the coastal ecosystem of Oceania.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag044
#genome #evolution #PlantSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag044
#genome #evolution #PlantSky
Genome Assembly of Spinifex sericeus Provides Insights into Repetitive Content and Haplotype Variation in a Dioecious Coastal Grass
Abstract. Spinifex sericeus (beach spinifex) is a perennial, dioecious grass native to the coastal ecosystem of Oceania that has an important role in dune
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March 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Chen, @jasongbragg.bsky.social & Jones present a near telomere-to-telomere, haplotype-resolved nuclear genome and complete organelle genomes of beach spinifex, a dioecious grass native to the coastal ecosystem of Oceania.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag044
#genome #evolution #PlantSky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag044
#genome #evolution #PlantSky