New collaborative paper from the lab on gecko sex chromosome and genome evolution! 🧪🦎
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic predisposition is associated with the direction of sex chromosome evolution
Sex chromosome evolution is among the most dynamic genomic innovations in vertebrates, yet why some lineages evolve XY while others evolve ZW remains unclear. Using chromosome-level genomes from 19 ge...
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August 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM
New collaborative paper from the lab on gecko sex chromosome and genome evolution! 🧪🦎
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cloudberries are not only delicious, they have a new genome assembly! A chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved assembly of the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) reveals a complex octoploid genome with high completeness and detailed structure.
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April 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Cloudberries are not only delicious, they have a new genome assembly! A chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved assembly of the cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) reveals a complex octoploid genome with high completeness and detailed structure.
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Chromosome level genome assembly of taro is ~2.3 Gb and 14 chromosomes. #PlantScience
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chromosome level genome assembly of taro (Colocasia esculenta) - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Chromosome level genome assembly of taro (Colocasia esculenta)
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April 14, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Chromosome level genome assembly of taro is ~2.3 Gb and 14 chromosomes. #PlantScience
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are thrilled to announced the publication of chromosome level genome assemblies and genetic maps for the Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis. bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Chromosome-level genome assemblies and genetic maps reveal heterochiasmy and macrosynteny in endangered Atlantic Acropora - BMC Genomics
Background Over their evolutionary history, corals have adapted to sea level rise and increasing ocean temperatures, however, it is unclear how quickly they may respond to rapid change. Genome structu...
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November 27, 2024 at 12:38 PM
We are thrilled to announced the publication of chromosome level genome assemblies and genetic maps for the Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis. bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Haplotype phased, chromosome-level genomes of tuberizing legumes: Apios americana and Apios priceana. #PlantScience
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assemblies and annotations of Apios americana and Apios priceana - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assemblies and annotations of Apios americana and Apios priceana
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May 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Haplotype phased, chromosome-level genomes of tuberizing legumes: Apios americana and Apios priceana. #PlantScience
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Notice the chromosome fusion/fission event at the lower right corner.
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Notice the chromosome fusion/fission event at the lower right corner.
Final version of our cephalopod sex chromosome paper is up! Cool project led by graduate student Gabby Coffing. We have more octo popgen in the works so stay tuned! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Cephalopod sex determination and its ancient evolutionary origin
Coffing et al. assemble a chromosome-level octopus genome assembly, revealing that
the female octopus has just one sex chromosome (ZO karyotype), and males have two
(ZZ karyotype). They conduct genomi...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Final version of our cephalopod sex chromosome paper is up! Cool project led by graduate student Gabby Coffing. We have more octo popgen in the works so stay tuned! www.cell.com/current-biol...
Pleased to share our latest paper led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We present the first chromosome-level genome of a phoronid and show that shared chromosomal fusions unite phoronids and bryozoans as sister groups.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Pleased to share our latest paper led by @tomlewin.bsky.social, now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We present the first chromosome-level genome of a phoronid and show that shared chromosomal fusions unite phoronids and bryozoans as sister groups.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🦋🧬 A milestone for biodiversity genomics.
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
🦋🧬 A milestone for biodiversity genomics.
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
Project Psyche is building chromosome-level genomes for ~11,000 European butterflies & moths — 1,000 sequenced, 3,000+ collected, across 34 countries.
🔗 Read the publication: bit.ly/ProjectPsyche
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
#BiodiversityGenomics 🧬🌍
The lab is delighted to release the first genome for the giant American vinegaroon! The slowly-evolving order Uropygi captures the strongest signature yet of the arachnopulmonate whole genome duplication. #biodiversity #genomics
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A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication
Abstract. Within the arachnids, chromosome-level genome assemblies have greatly accelerated the understanding of gene family evolution and developmental ge
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February 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The lab is delighted to release the first genome for the giant American vinegaroon! The slowly-evolving order Uropygi captures the strongest signature yet of the arachnopulmonate whole genome duplication. #biodiversity #genomics
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
August 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Check out our new preprint! We compare sequence versus synteny approaches for resolving a challenging #phylogenetic problem. In this case, synteny is far more informative! Also includes the first chromosome-level #genome for the enigmatic #fish family Gyrinocheilidae. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
How I feel when people go “everybody learns in middleschool that there’s only TWO genders and TWO sexes and TWO CHROMOSOMES!!!!” Cool! Now take a college level course on gender and genetics sexuality and see if you can write down every chromosome combo because science has more than 1 level
February 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
How I feel when people go “everybody learns in middleschool that there’s only TWO genders and TWO sexes and TWO CHROMOSOMES!!!!” Cool! Now take a college level course on gender and genetics sexuality and see if you can write down every chromosome combo because science has more than 1 level
A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication. #GenomeDuplication #GiantVinegaroonGenome #Genomics #JournalOfHeredity 🧬
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication
Abstract. Within the arachnids, chromosome-level genome assemblies have greatly accelerated the understanding of gene family evolution and developmental ge
academic.oup.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:17 PM
A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication. #GenomeDuplication #GiantVinegaroonGenome #Genomics #JournalOfHeredity 🧬
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
Conservation of bilaterian genome structure is the exception, not the rule - Genome Biology
Species from diverse animal lineages have conserved groups of orthologous genes together on the same chromosome for over half a billion years since the last common ancestor of bilaterians. Although no...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Delighted to share the peer-reviewed version of our study led by @tomlewin.bsky.social now out in Genome Biology @bmc.springernature.com! We analyzed 64 chromosome-level genomes across 15 animal phyla and found that extensive genome rearrangements are the norm in bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
doi.org/10.1186/s130...
🎊🎉🎊 My first Bluesky post is to tell you all that our latest work published today 🍾 is the chromosome-scale genome assembly of 🌾 wheat wild relative Aegilops mutica in collab with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@uonresearch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Aegilops mutica - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Aegilops mutica
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March 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🎊🎉🎊 My first Bluesky post is to tell you all that our latest work published today 🍾 is the chromosome-scale genome assembly of 🌾 wheat wild relative Aegilops mutica in collab with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@uonresearch.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The landmark study analysed 103 bat genomes, including 42 newly generated chromosome-level assemblies, representing all 21 recognised bat families. This was combined with evidence from 44 fossil bats.
October 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The landmark study analysed 103 bat genomes, including 42 newly generated chromosome-level assemblies, representing all 21 recognised bat families. This was combined with evidence from 44 fossil bats.
Happy to share that our manuscript "A chromosome-level reference genome for the colonial marine hydrozoan Podocoryna americana" is now available at G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
Many thanks to @baxevanislab.bsky.social, @pcart.bsky.social, @amkatzer.bsky.social and all the co-authors!
Many thanks to @baxevanislab.bsky.social, @pcart.bsky.social, @amkatzer.bsky.social and all the co-authors!
A chromosome-level reference genome for the colonial marine hydrozoan Podocoryna americana
Abstract. Cnidarians are important models for studying the evolution of animal development, regeneration, cell type differentiation, and allorecognition. T
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July 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Happy to share that our manuscript "A chromosome-level reference genome for the colonial marine hydrozoan Podocoryna americana" is now available at G3: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
Many thanks to @baxevanislab.bsky.social, @pcart.bsky.social, @amkatzer.bsky.social and all the co-authors!
Many thanks to @baxevanislab.bsky.social, @pcart.bsky.social, @amkatzer.bsky.social and all the co-authors!
Pleased to share our study on brachiopod genomes and bilaterian dorsal–ventral patterning, now out in Nature Communications.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We present the first chromosome-level genome of a brachiopod and show that the core patterning mechanism is deeply conserved across bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We present the first chromosome-level genome of a brachiopod and show that the core patterning mechanism is deeply conserved across bilaterians.
Brachiopod genome unveils the evolution of BMP signalling in bilaterian body patterning - Nature Communications
A chromosome-level brachiopod genome reveals deep conservation of BMP-mediated dorsal–ventral patterning and neural inhibition, suggesting the spiralian ancestor retained the ancestral mechanism in bi...
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April 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Pleased to share our study on brachiopod genomes and bilaterian dorsal–ventral patterning, now out in Nature Communications.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We present the first chromosome-level genome of a brachiopod and show that the core patterning mechanism is deeply conserved across bilaterians.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
We present the first chromosome-level genome of a brachiopod and show that the core patterning mechanism is deeply conserved across bilaterians.
A paper in Nature presents an updated phylogeny of bats based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils. The findings could resolve long-standing controversies in bat biology and provide new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats. go.nature.com/4hJWfvI 🧪
October 2, 2026 at 10:11 PM
A paper in Nature presents an updated phylogeny of bats based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils. The findings could resolve long-standing controversies in bat biology and provide new insights into the evolutionary history and trait diversification of bats. go.nature.com/4hJWfvI 🧪
🎯Excited to share our new collaborative paper in Mol Ecol - Beautifully lead by @marta-fb.bsky.social & @coreykirkland.bsky.social - Exploring the fascinating evolutionary story of the waterbuck, shaped by climate and unique chromosome changes
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Chromosome‐Level Genomics and Historical Museum Collections Reveal New Insights Into the Population Structure and Chromosome Evolution of Waterbuck
Advances in sequencing and chromosome-scale assembly have brought non-model animals into focus, deepening our understanding of genome and chromosome evolution. Here, we present the waterbuck (Kobus e...
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December 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎯Excited to share our new collaborative paper in Mol Ecol - Beautifully lead by @marta-fb.bsky.social & @coreykirkland.bsky.social - Exploring the fascinating evolutionary story of the waterbuck, shaped by climate and unique chromosome changes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Genome Observatory now has a Genometrics section, where I've collated some stats about the 18k NCBI Chromosome-level genome records. Interestingly many genomes have no mitogenome, and most plant genomes have no plastid genome. Any and all suggestions for additions to Genometrics are welcomed!
September 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Genome Observatory now has a Genometrics section, where I've collated some stats about the 18k NCBI Chromosome-level genome records. Interestingly many genomes have no mitogenome, and most plant genomes have no plastid genome. Any and all suggestions for additions to Genometrics are welcomed!
New paper led by @metalichen.bsky.social from our group presenting a chromosome-level assembly of the Trebouxia photobiont alga from the lichen Xanthoria parietina - a resource we hope will enable significant new insight into the symbiosis @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New paper led by @metalichen.bsky.social from our group presenting a chromosome-level assembly of the Trebouxia photobiont alga from the lichen Xanthoria parietina - a resource we hope will enable significant new insight into the symbiosis @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Chromosome‐level #genome assembly of the #photobiont microalga Trebouxia sp. ‘A48’ from the #lichen Xanthoria parietina
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Tagirdzhanova et al.
@metalichen.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Tagirdzhanova et al.
@metalichen.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Chromosome‐level #genome assembly of the #photobiont microalga Trebouxia sp. ‘A48’ from the #lichen Xanthoria parietina
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Tagirdzhanova et al.
@metalichen.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Tagirdzhanova et al.
@metalichen.bsky.social @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci
Our chromosome-scale genome assembly of Nanomia septata, a siphonophore - doi.org/10.1101/2025... . Much larger than many other cnidarian genomes, fewer chromosomes, and highly rearranged. No smoking gun for how they achieve complex colony-level organization. Great work Namrata Ahuja and friends!
May 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our chromosome-scale genome assembly of Nanomia septata, a siphonophore - doi.org/10.1101/2025... . Much larger than many other cnidarian genomes, fewer chromosomes, and highly rearranged. No smoking gun for how they achieve complex colony-level organization. Great work Namrata Ahuja and friends!