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Bath Nature

2 days ago

Bath Nature
2 days ago

My #Robin friend Little Mate giving his Christmas speech this morning. We hope everyone has a good day. In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
#Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #UKBirding #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NatureCommunity #BirdsOfMastodon

#bird #nature #birds #UK #wildlife #birdwatching #birding #robin #birdsofmastodon #Somerset #ornithology #bath #ukbirding #ukwildlife #naturecommunity

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Phred Benham

1 year ago

Phred Benham
1 year ago

My latest preprint exploring transposable element (TE) activity in the genomes of sparrows.

https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.10.26.564301v1

We found remarkably high levels of repeat content in the newly generated genomes of
Bell's, Song, and Savannah Sparrow. 31% of the Bell's sparrow genome is spanned by repetitive elements.
This is ~3x as much as previously reported in most songbirds.

Thanks to all my co-authors for their contributions to this project!

#Genomics
#TransposableElements
#ornithology
#sparrows

Picture of a Savannah Sparrow. A typical brown, streaky sparrow with yellow eyebrows. One of the sparrow species studied in my latest preprint (and my favorite!).

Remarkably high repeat content in the genomes of sparrows: the importance of genome assembly completeness for transposable element discovery.

Transposable elements (TE) play critical roles in shaping genome evolution. However, the highly repetitive sequence content of TEs is a major source of assembly gaps.

^bioRxiv

#genomics #TransposableElements #ornithology #sparrows