Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids π¦π§¬
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π§πͺ Lecturer at @WUR - Evolutionary Biology, Genomics and Ornithology - Blogging at #AvianHybrids
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Joined November 2013
#Istudyevolution to understand why different (goose) species remain distinct despite hybridization. I use several genomic tools to delve into the evolutionary history of this bird group. #DarwinDay2018 #ornithology
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Solving the genetic mystery of the mosaic canary https://t.co/3VbixV13wj
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Which genes are responsible for this peculiar plumage pattern?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Should I stay or should I go? Patterns of gene flow across land bridges in Southeast Asia https://t.co/6eWgjm4qDw
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Land bridges can promote gene flow. But do the birds cross them?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Do male Hoopoes judge female quality by inspecting the color of her eggs? https://t.co/ob2fL0682W
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Egg color is determined by the amount of antimicrobial secretion on the eggshell.
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New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! Owls become darker and redder toward the equator https://t.co/EUgmazUZpq Based on the Global Ecology and Biogeography paper by Arianna Passarotto et al. | #ornithology #RaptorResearch
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Which mechanisms can explain this ecogeographical pattern?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Solving the paradox of the great speciator on the Solomon Islands https://t.co/ZPOsoYOx1h
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Rapid loss of dispersal might be key to explain rapid speciation on islands.Β
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Intermediate color morphs of the Common Buzzard are most successful https://t.co/FUpJqCHaaQ
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Why do intermediate morphs do better than light and dark ones?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Misconceptions and regressions: The evolution of bird brains https://t.co/fJMuQlQySt
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Recent study traces the evolution of brain size along the avian tree of life.
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π₯³ My latest digest for Evolution is now available online! Digest: Postzygotic isolation barriers stabilize a hybrid zone between two grosbeak species https://t.co/48htSREgw2 Original paper: https://t.co/MWeZ8VvDru
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! From the sky to the island: Flightless rail species converge on the same body plan https://t.co/4IaqnPgEKY
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Several species independently evolved shorter sterna and stronger hindlegs.
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Three bird species show how to travel between the Andes and the Atlantic Forest https://t.co/GR3eZked6g
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Would they recommend the dry Chaco and the open-vegetation Cerrado?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Mixing Motmots: A hybrid between Rufous and Amazonian Motmot in Brazil https://t.co/CPAp2ZEJnn
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The hybrid resembles a Rufous Motmot but has some peculiar plumage patterns.
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New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! A song of ice and forest: Genomic analyses uncover a hybrid zone between Palm Warbler subspecies https://t.co/sU33dBk6zj Based on the Molecular Ecology paper by Gihyun Yoo and Jason Weir | #ornithology
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But why is speciation less common in eastern North America?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The genomics of local adaptation in Blue Tits https://t.co/DnNq7F2MdK
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Understanding the evolutionary history of the populations helps to pinpoint locally adapted genes.
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β New blog post! Avoiding Negativity Bias in the Digital Age https://t.co/fTsdgKcCj1 Why do a few negative comments stick more than a hundred positive ones? That is negativity bias. I wrote a blog post about how it plays out on social media and what helps me deal with it.
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Mitochondrial capture in the Chestnut Quail-thrush: Neutral or adaptive introgression? https://t.co/MroqIqPfHE
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Genetic study tries to solve this mitochondrial mystery.
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! How many ancestral species gave rise to the domestic chicken breeds? https://t.co/rel18qLBw3
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Genomic data provide an answer to this long-standing debate?
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! The Great Speciator strikes again: Discovery of a Mangrove White-eye in Saudi Arabia https://t.co/jVRH21w3kC
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A mangrove population of White-eyes is morphologically distinct from other subspecies of the Abyssinian White-eye.
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Building bowers and phylogenies: Genomic study reconstructs the complex evolution of bowerbirds https://t.co/0MeonMVGkD
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Phylogenomic analyses suggest that the ability to build bowers arose twice.
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Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Following the Forests: How the Variable Antshrike spread around the Amazon https://t.co/1BPkH64TIw
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Genetic analyses help to explain the peculiar circum-Amazonian distribution of this species.
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New story on the Avian Hybrids blog! The hidden effects of genetic purging in GalΓ‘pagos Mockingbirds https://t.co/tVVsXDTlJG Based on the Molecular Ecology study by Jakub VlΔek, Sebastian Espinoza-Ulloa and their colleagues | #ornithology
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Exploring patterns of genetic load across island populations.
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