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mizpas.bsky.social
A special guest in our collection! 🪲

We welcomed Dr Takao Ishikawa, Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Biology UW (@wbuw.bsky.social).
We discussed how collections underpin reproducible research, enable museomics, and can help educate future biologists. #MIZPAS #Museomics #Biodiversity
October 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(26)01110-3
September 24, 2026 at 8:01 PM
indianadiez.bsky.social
Mainland populations are stable probably due to the high dispersal capabilities, but isolated populations on Gotland and the Arctic mountains show lower diversity and high differentiation.

This highlights the power of museomics for tracking real-time evolutionary dynamics in insects! 🐝✨
A close up of a museum specimen of the common carder bee.
September 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
ipbes.net
Read the article with @cellpress.bsky.social: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:02 AM
physaliacourses.bsky.social
The #Museomics course is finally back!
Save the dates and do not miss this course with this amazing team of instructors @hernmoral.bsky.social @claudiafontsere.bsky.social & @jazminrm.bsky.social

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
Museomics: An Introduction to Genomic Analyses of Natural History Collections
ONLINE, 8-12 February 2027 To foster international participation, this course will be held online
www.physalia-courses.org
September 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
lbachmann.bsky.social
Great paper by Mullin et al. in MBE on the genomic consequences of long-term population decline in a bumblebee. doi.org/10.1093/molb...

#museomics #ancientdna
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September 22, 2026 at 4:56 AM
mammalbiology.bsky.social
5/5 The study also highlights how much remains to be discovered—even among mammals we thought we knew well. 🔬🐈

📖 Lescroart et al. (2026), Current Biology
🔗 www.cell.com/current-biol...

#MammalMonday #Mammalogy #Felidae #Leopardus #Museomics #Phylogenomics #Biodiversity #Bolivia
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus…
www.cell.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
mammalbiology.bsky.social
2/5 The new species was discovered by a team led by Eduardo Eizirik one of our keynote speakers from the Annual Meeting 2026.

They used phylogenomics and museomics to analyse genomes from living tiger cats together with DNA recovered from historical museum specimens.
September 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
qoritika.bsky.social
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
denkraumverzerrung.de
Quelle
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 19, 2026 at 7:42 AM
grandrevans.bsky.social
Re: previous post: I am excited about the new cat. It is also important to acknowledge that the locals were aware of these cats and had already named them—which the authors acknowledge and credit in their paper describing Leopardus tilcayo:

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM
hyperlexic.bsky.social
sorry, Current Biology, related to Cell, not Science.

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
ausarchosaur.bsky.social
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:49 AM
dinopantheon.bsky.social
ネコの新種、100年以上ぶりに発見
論文はこれかな www.cell.com/current-biol...
japan.cnet.com/article/3525...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
yannboch.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM
marklewandoski.bsky.social
New cat species in Bolivia. #NYTimes articles stated "The cat had been kept as a house pet for a year, before the family realized it was a wild animal, ill-suited for domestic life, and brought it to the sanctuary around 2017."

I'm curious about those pet details..

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
karcassani.bsky.social
Hola @hjorvik.eurosky.social que seguro ya lo sabrás pero... ¿Has visto ésto? ❤️❤️
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
news-flows-nl.bsky.social
NIEUWE POES ONTDEKT, eerste in 100 jaar

SocialDat overkomt ons niet elke dag. Sterker nog 't was al 100 jaar geleden sinds we een nieuwe poes zagen. We kwamen 'em gisteren tegen in het artikel 'Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America' in vakblad...
GeenStijl: NIEUWE POES ONTDEKT, eerste in 100 jaar
Eerst die [nieuwe aap](https://frontend.prod.platform.gstech.nl/5191003/nieuwe-aapsoort-ontdekt) en nu dit. Links heeft hier geen antwoord op
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September 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM
benrosenzweig.bsky.social
The article where I believe this discovery was first really reported:

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:21 PM
wendelvandersluis.bsky.social
From morphology & osteology to molecular methods & museomics, Alice brings multiple lines of evidence together. Her work on Africa & Madagascar reveals biodiversity that might otherwise remain hidden, including clues preserved in historic museum collections. 🐍

@seh-herpetology.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
benrosenzweig.bsky.social
The relevant article:

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
ocasapiens.bsky.social
Bella notizia!
Paper gratis sulla filogenesi del Leopardus tilcayo e parenti.
September 18, 2026 at 12:23 PM
flyingfinn1998.bsky.social
新種の猫が見つかったですって

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM
auditorynerves.bsky.social
New study in Current Biology (not open access 😔):

Phylogenomics & museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪😾
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus L...
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM
andibing.bsky.social
Original publication:
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics and museomics reveal five distinct species of tiger cats in South America
Lescroart, Nogales-Ascarrunz, et al. demonstrate that the contentious tiger cat species complex consists of five cryptic species. Based on analyses of 38 whole genomes from the Neotropical cat genus Leopardus, including genomes obtained from museum collections, they describe a new species and a new subspecies and elucidate tiger cat evolutionary history.
www.cell.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:42 AM