Fabulous presentation to Forest & Bird Youth Auckland by @huizhentan.bsky.social on conservation management and genetic research for hihi, a taonga (precious) threatened bird species in Aotearoa New Zealand. VIP treatment for a very special bird!

Genomic imputation can boost dataset quality and benefit research on wild populations. In hihi, we found high #imputation accuracies despite a small reference panel of high-fecundity individuals. Imputation improves downstream #ConservationGenomics analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The magic number ✨ 11,131 ✨ A unified global bird checklist: www.avilist.org/checklist/v2... Congratulations Frank and colleagues!

Legit there’s nothing less dignified than weighing a baby parrot (regent parrot bum in a keep cup)🪶

Abstract submission and registration for🧬GSA’s 2025 conference🧬is now open! The conference will be held at Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland in Aotearoa - New Zealand 🥝 from 7-10 July 2025. 🚩Important dates Abstracts due- April 7 Early bird registration ends- May 11 www.gsa-2025.com

The first paper of your PhD is always so exciting! 🤩 An all-#Galbatross effort, "A focus on females can improve science and conservation!" See press release (www.audubon.org/news/researc...) and the study here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...! #FemaleBirds #FemaleBirdDay

Genetic diversity has declined within two-thirds of more than 600 species over the past three decades, according to research published in Nature. The findings highlight the need for conservation efforts to prevent genetic diversity loss. https://go.nature.com/42EpVo5 🧪

"when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again" Last of the Curlews: Part II bou.org.uk/blog-berryma... via @alexjb497

Recombination has a major role in evolution. Sex-differences in recombination (yes!!) – heterochiasmy – are common but not well understood. Our new paper in @HeredityJournal examines heterochiasmy in the hihi/stitchbird using a high-density linkage map.🧬 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🎉 NEW PAPER IN PNAS 🎉 We estimated the proportion of species that have gone extinct in Singapore, including those that went extinct before we had a chance to discover them. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...