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Even a single gene, shuffled and regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according to a new Science study of wheatear birds, which exhibit distinctive black and white plumage over different areas of their bodies. scim.ag/4qhFETi

9/9 Thanks to all co-authors for making this endeavour possible! Main funders: @snsf_ch , @FnrLux , DFG @Vogelwarte_scie

8/9 Finally, wheatear coloration showcases that evolution makes use of all variation it has at hand, highlighting humanity’s responsibility to conserve a maximum of genetic, phenotypic, and species diversity possible.

1/9 New in @sciencemagazine science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… How does genetic architecture constrain evolutionary trajectories? To address this question, we inferred the genetic architecture of convergent plumage coloration and its evolutionary history in wheatears. #ScienceResearch

📢🦅We're looking for a MSc student to join our red kite team to work on the costs of partial migration 🦅📢 Please RT!

✍️New story on the #AvianHybrids blog! Which genetic processes drive convergent evolution in open-habitat chats? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/whi… Based on the @MolBioEvol paper by @NiloofarAlaei and her colleagues | #ornithology

Which genetic processes drive convergent evolution in open-habitat chats? avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/whi…

«Biodiversität hat nichts mit links oder rechts zu tun, weil Schutz und Nutzen keine Gegensätze sind. Mit einem Ja ermöglichen wir pragmatische Massnahmen ohne, dass wir die Energieversorgung oder die Ernährungssicherheit schwächen.» FDP-Nationalrat @JauslinMatthias ruft im Rahmen des nationalen Komitees der #Biodiversitätsinitiative zum #JazurBiodiversitaet auf. biodiversitaetsinitiative.ch/news/nationale…

«Um die Artenvielfalt steht es in der 🇨🇭nicht gut» #Interview mit mir zum Thema #Biodiversität im @radiorabe: rabe.ch/wp-content/upl… rabe.ch/2024/09/05/bio… @biodiversityCH

⚠️Breaking ⚠️ Today, following seven months of intense negotiations, a groundbreaking consensus has been reached on the future of EU agriculture. The Strategic Dialogue, led by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, brought together 29 diverse stakeholders, including environmental NGOs like BirdLife, farmers' unions such as Copa-Cogeca, and industry representatives like EuroCommerce. Key outcomes of the dialogue include: 🌾 Support an agriculture that works for nature by maintaining and fully enforcing existing environmental legislation 🌾 Revised income support under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 🌾 Recognition of the need for consumption policies 🌾Increased environmental spending, including a call to establish a fund to support implementing the Nature Restoration Law 🌾 Establishment of a just transition fund This collaborative effort marks a significant shift towards a more sustainable, resilient and equitable agricultural system in the European Union. #nonaturenofood #farmerprotests2024 #restorenature

Aktive Faktenverdrehung: republik.ch/2024/09/05/akt… @RepublikMagazin zeigt auf, wie zum Zustand der #Biodiversität aktiv Zweifel & Falschaussagen verbreitet werden. Dabei ist die wissenschaftliche Faktenlage klar: Der Zustand der Biodiversität in der Schweiz ist schlecht.

Einmal mehr eine sorgfältige und aufwändige Recherche von @P_Imboden @c_eisenach @RepublikMagazin um die Beschönigung von Fakten im UVEK aufzudecken. Die Biodiversitätskrise bedroht unsere Lebensgrundlagen. Deshalb JA zur @biodivInit am 22. September! republik.ch/2024/09/05/akt…

Reach out if you are interested to work on bird evolutionary or conservation genomics and want to apply for this fellowship!

The first chapter of my dissertation is available on @biorxivpreprint. We resequenced genomes of all species (& subspecies) of rapidly radiating genus of Indo-pacific kingfishers. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…