Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding

On the cover of Science, our paper on the genome of a 9.500 years old Siberian dog and the evolutionary history of sled dogs! Arctic-adapted dogs emerged at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition science.sciencemag.org/content/368/64…

Umm... The only ship even remotely close to "sailing around" #Greenland is Swedish Icebreaker Oden. Last summer, with US and Danish scientists, we went further north along Greenland's west coast than any ship has done before. So Oden is totally the "right ship" for this 😂

Lo and behold - The genomic history of the auroch! Huge pleasure and privilege to be part of this! 💪 @ConorRossi 💪 @brad_dan nature.com/articles/s4158…

Yesterday our paper on the genomics of the extinct aurochs was published in @Nature! I’m so happy to see this work finally released to the wild (ahem…). nature.com/articles/s4158… 🧵 Please follow along this thread of the main findings! 🐄🧬🦴

▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA. Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with @BengtHanssonLU Please RT! Info & apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

Danske forskere opdager afgørende nyt om Afrikas ikoniske vandrer politiken.dk/del/Hkp8NZAC0Q…

Check out our new paper on wildebeest in @NatureComms! 🎉 We find evidence for archaic introgression of the black wildebeest into the blue wildebeest and detrimental effects of human activities on migratory populations. Congrats to all authors involved! nature.com/articles/s4146…

Evolutionary genetics of the blue & black wildebeests remain largely unexplored. Liu et al. find archaic introgression of black wildebeest to blue wildebeest & detrimental effects of human activities. @HellerRasmus @idamoltke @MhsSinding @PopgenDK nature.com/articles/s4146…

New paper out! 🎉🎉🎉 We take a deep dive into the evolutionary history of giraffes. 🦒 There is a lot of discussion about if this is 1 species (as it is currently on the IUCN Red List) or actually more than 1. This is crucial to guide conservation. 🧵 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…

How do you do population genomics in a species without genetic variation? Find out in our new publication in @molecology titled "Population genomics of the muskox' resilience in the near absence of genetic variation" 🧵 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me… Photo credit: @Lars_Holst

@HumansNoContext New Gettysburg

Invited speakers! @M_skovrind Audra Ames @emma_fatale @kid4_j @Mathilde_MLM Frederik Filip Vinggaard Stæger Sergei Kliver @MuseumEvoGen Renzo Fidel Ferdinando Balboa @Sascha_Schioett #Pinngortitaleriffik @Pinngortitaleriffik

Join us for the Arctic Science Outreach Day 2023. 7th of November at Greenland Science Week. Series of engaging talks by esteemed scientists. A window into the fascinating world of Arctic research. Organised by @OutiTervo @marie__louis @MhsSinding Founded by @Carlsbergfondet

Very happy to see our manuscript “Ancient dolphin genomes reveal rapid repeated adaptation to coastal waters” out today in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146…

@CarlyDigsIt @LudovicLorlando I concur with Dr Ameen.

Need help with my next lecture. Here is a list of animals. Tell us which most impacted human history, and why 1-dog 2-cat 3-pig 4-sheep/goat 5-cattle/zebu/buffalo 6-chicken/turkey 7-flea/lice 8-lama/guanaco 9-horse/donkey/mule 10-camel/dromedary 11-rat 12-mosquitoe Please RT

#Odin var #Jysk

Wanna see something weird?! Ever thought about this? Every 2nd animal is a fish. Despite this fact, much about the #microbiome in fish is unknown! How is the #metagenome in Norwegian wild Atlantic #salmon as a case? In one word - surprising! Here is a thread! (1/10)

📢 New paper alert! A study of 59 whole genomes of the Cape buffalo led by @LiamQuinn1984 found that a loss of genetic diversity coincides with the onset of colonialism in the southern extreme of the Cape buffalo range. 🧵⤵️ 🔓onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me… 📸 Maciej/Flick/CC BY-SA 2.0

Our work describing the contemporary and historical demography of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) across the NE-Atlantic and mainland Europe is out now in @molecology! (@charlescrhansen,@MhsSinding,@GunnarThorHall1,@ProfCSonne). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

@NoContextBrits Wank Hard with a Vengeance

Ruin a film by replacing a word in the title with ‘wank’.

New Zealand's kiwi are amazing birds. First evolving millions of years ago, there are now 5 extant species. Some of which can still hybrise! We analysed the nuclear genomes of each species in our new manuscript our in #PLOSONE: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…