JUST PUBLISHED: "A second unveiling: Haplotig masking of the eastern oyster genome improves population-level inference" #Evolution #Genomics #PopGen #oyster https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.13801

A haplotig in an assembly occurs when a single region is split into two places in the reference. We had them everywhere in our first eastern oyster assembly! This causes a bimodal distribution of coverage. This study shows how haplotigs affect pop gen inference and how to improve the reference by masking haplotigs.

Happy to share a new publication from the @MarineEvoEcoLab describing the eastern #oyster🦪 #genome assembly.

We also describe a methodology for detecting and masking haplotigs in existing genome assemblies.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/EPYJHU9F8RJ4GV6QFY4B?target=10.1111/1755-0998.13801

So what are #haplotigs? Most #genome assemblies are haploid, meaning that there is one copy of sequence for each location in the genome. Haplotigs are when allelic sequence (sequence per genome copy) are incorporated by mistake into an assembly.

Getting ready for a road trip with my fellow CHAOS lab member, Grace. Tonight we head to Groton, CT and tomorrow we visit an oyster nursery on a remote island in Long Island Sound. Follow along this week for all things #oyster and #LongIsland

New paper out #OA #AQC @WileyEcolEvol@twitter.com. Trojan work by Anna Hughes & Philine zu Ermgassen @uniofedinburgh@twitter.com leading + coordinating inputs from @NORA_Europe@twitter.com experts reaching consensus on site selection for #oyster #restoration. Very pleased to be part of it. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.3917#.Y9gYnpfypNc.twitter

Thank you #EndangeredLandscapeProgramme for supporting our multi-partner #Solent seascape project, which will restore #seagrass meadows, #oyster reefs, #saltmarsh and #seabird nesting habitat and engage #communities in marine and coastal conservation.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/15/landscape-restoration-projects-across-europe-boosted-by-26m-awards

Today saw the launch of the Solent Seascape Project, a multi organisation Endangered Landscape Project with the aim of restoring #seabird colonies, #Seagrass meadows, #Oyster reefs, #saltmarsh & the connected #fish populations across these waters. There great potential to see a flourishing Solent, where the old natural wonders thrive alongside the modern world. 🐤🌊🌱More to come.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-63930408.amp

Finished product! #Oyster #crafty

Watch out the first paper of Noemie de San Nicolas! So happy to celebrate with her today!

Functional Diversification of #Oyster Big #Defensins Generates #Antimicrobial #Specificity and #Synergy against Members of the #Microbiota

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/20/12/745

@IHPE
#AntimicrobialPeptides

So happy to host the first in person meeting of the #SPARE-SEA consortium at @IHPE today and tomorrow.
Exciting new results shared by the project partners and still so much to discover on the environmental spread and persistence of #AMR in aquatic systems exposed to #oyster #aquaculture .
Such a nice group too! 🙂

https://www.jpiamr.eu/projects/spare-sea/

November issue of Evolutionary Applications is online:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17524571/2022/15/11

16 relevant contributions investigating #AppliedScience from the point of view of #Evolution

a bit of everything for all tastes: #genomes #communities #bacteria #species #adaptation #cancer #duplication #fish #plants #tree #insect #Oyster #genomics