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Beeflies

This time the Dune Villa, Villa modesta, which we collected on a @dipteristsforum.bsky.social fieldtrip in Cornwall for the #DarwinTreeofLife genome sequencing project @nhm-london.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Genome assembled 👊

wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/11-...
March 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
jessthorpemas.bsky.social
I recently shared my journey into #isopod #science 🧪 with The Marine Biologist magazine! 🦐 From Jurassic Park sparking my curiosity in DNA, to studying isopod genomics with #sanger #darwintreeoflife - read it here: mymba.mba.ac.uk/resource/unf...
Thanks @thembauk.bsky.social for the opportunity!
Unfurling isopod evolution
<b>From underneath plant pots to the deep sea, genomic studies reveal the intricate world of isopods.</b>
mymba.mba.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
plosbiology.org
#Microsporidia are #parasites of growing importance. @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social @mblaxter.bsky.social @marakat.bsky.social &co present 40 new genomes from #DarwinTreeofLife sequencing of their arthropod hosts, revealing insights into #tetraploidy & #reproduction @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/48HsAQJ
Top: Prevalence of Microsporidia in DToL insect genomes. Microsporidian genomes recovered from insect hosts, split by taxonomic order. F: female, M: male, U: unspecified sex. Bottom: Simplified proposed generalized lifecycle for Microsporidia. This proposed model posits that each nucleus is a diploid, and that microsporidian reproduction mirrors reproduction in Fungi with stages similar to karyogamy, plasmogamy, and a stable “heterokaryon” (known as a diplokaryon in Microsporidia). Importantly, both the diplokaryotic and monokaryotic phases are parasitic, and species may spend most of their lifecycle in one or the other phase, giving rise to “diploid” and “tetraploid” lineages.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
plosbiology.org
#Microsporidia are #parasites of growing importance. @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social @mblaxter.bsky.social @marakat.bsky.social &co present 40 new genomes from #DarwinTreeofLife sequencing of their arthropod hosts, revealing insights into #tetraploidy & #reproduction @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/48HsAQJ
Top: Prevalence of Microsporidia in DToL insect genomes. Microsporidian genomes recovered from insect hosts, split by taxonomic order. F: female, M: male, U: unspecified sex. Bottom: Simplified proposed generalized lifecycle for Microsporidia. This proposed model posits that each nucleus is a diploid, and that microsporidian reproduction mirrors reproduction in Fungi with stages similar to karyogamy, plasmogamy, and a stable “heterokaryon” (known as a diplokaryon in Microsporidia). Importantly, both the diplokaryotic and monokaryotic phases are parasitic, and species may spend most of their lifecycle in one or the other phase, giving rise to “diploid” and “tetraploid” lineages.
October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
plosbiology.org
#Microsporidia are #parasites of growing importance. ‪@amjadkhalaf.bsky.social‬ ‪@mblaxter.bsky.social @marakat.bsky.social &co present 40 new genomes from #DarwinTreeofLife sequencing of their arthropod hosts, revealing insights into #tetraploidy & #reproduction @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/48HsAQJ
Top: Prevalence of Microsporidia in DToL insect genomes. Microsporidian genomes recovered from insect hosts, split by taxonomic order. F: female, M: male, U: unspecified sex. Bottom: Simplified proposed generalized lifecycle for Microsporidia. This proposed model posits that each nucleus is a diploid, and that microsporidian reproduction mirrors reproduction in Fungi with stages similar to karyogamy, plasmogamy, and a stable “heterokaryon” (known as a diplokaryon in Microsporidia). Importantly, both the diplokaryotic and monokaryotic phases are parasitic, and species may spend most of their lifecycle in one or the other phase, giving rise to “diploid” and “tetraploid” lineages.
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
marcelauliano.bsky.social
Thank you Scott! GIGA has been a blast! WHAT a conference! Its the wonderland for many of us working on (marine) invertebrate genomics! #GIGA2026 @ebpgenome.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social #DarwinTreeOfLife
scedmunds.bsky.social Scott C Edmunds @scedmunds.bsky.social · Jul 10
Great to see a #GIGAVI keynote by Marcela Uliano-Silva @marcelauliano.bsky.social on an atlas of molluscan genomics. Marcela has a long history working on these species, you can see her 2018 TEDtalk on crowdfunding the golden mussel genome that we loved at #BauhiniaGenome youtu.be/IOPEPnQYoOE?...
Marcela talking molluscs
July 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
ebpgenome.bsky.social
🧬❄️ Not every specimen collected becomes a genome. Once identified, species already represented in the project are released, while new or supplementary samples are preserved for sequencing.
🦋🌿 Accurate identification guides every sampling decision.
#DarwinTreeOfLife #BiodiversityGenomics
Close-up photograph of a small moth resting on a white daisy with a yellow center. Text overlay reads: “For the Darwin Tree of Life project, specimens need to be identified while still alive — one of the most difficult parts of the workflow.” Additional text lists target groups from the field trip: psyllid bugs, ichneumonid wasps, and chrysomelid beetles. The image highlights the challenge of live specimen identification during biodiversity genomics sampling. A metallic blue-black oil beetle walks across leaf litter and low vegetation on a woodland floor. Text overlay explains that if a species has already been collected for the project, it is released, while only new, recollected, or supplementary specimens are retained for genome sequencing efforts. The image illustrates the Darwin Tree of Life programme's approach to minimizing specimen collection while obtaining material needed for genome sequencing.
June 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
jasboparai.bsky.social
Positive reviews for this #Darwintreeoflife genome of Cylloceria caligata wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-4... llots more and upcoming ichneumonid genomes for the Darwin Tree of Life project can be found here www.darwintreeoflife.org/genomes/geno...
December 28, 2024 at 12:06 AM