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#inbreeding — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #inbreeding, aggregated by home.social.

  1. How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

    "Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics medium.com/grrlscientist/how-c

  2. How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

    "Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics medium.com/grrlscientist/how-c

  3. How Critically Endangered Kākāpō Survived Centuries Of Inbreeding

    "Analysis of entire genomes from New Zealand’s critically endangered, flightless parrots found they carry exceptionally few harmful genetic mutations despite 10,000 years of inbreeding. How did they manage this?"

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #ornithology #Kakapo #parrots #inbreeding #genetics medium.com/grrlscientist/how-c

  4. Ornamental traits play a central role in sexual selection. Gussone et al. identify sources of phenotypic variation in ornamental traits by showing that inbreeding and genetic relatedness of rivals affect the dynamic colour-expression in competing males in a cichlid fish.
    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #sexualSelection #phenotype #inbreeding #genetic #fish #ornamentalTraits

  5. Ornamental traits play a central role in sexual selection. Gussone et al. identify sources of phenotypic variation in ornamental traits by showing that inbreeding and genetic relatedness of rivals affect the dynamic colour-expression in competing males in a cichlid fish.
    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #sexualSelection #phenotype #inbreeding #genetic #fish #ornamentalTraits

  6. Ornamental traits play a central role in sexual selection. Gussone et al. identify sources of phenotypic variation in ornamental traits by showing that inbreeding and genetic relatedness of rivals affect the dynamic colour-expression in competing males in a cichlid fish.
    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #sexualSelection #phenotype #inbreeding #genetic #fish #ornamentalTraits

  7. Ornamental traits play a central role in sexual selection. Gussone et al. identify sources of phenotypic variation in ornamental traits by showing that inbreeding and genetic relatedness of rivals affect the dynamic colour-expression in competing males in a cichlid fish.
    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #sexualSelection #phenotype #inbreeding #genetic #fish #ornamentalTraits

  8. Ornamental traits play a central role in sexual selection. Gussone et al. identify sources of phenotypic variation in ornamental traits by showing that inbreeding and genetic relatedness of rivals affect the dynamic colour-expression in competing males in a cichlid fish.
    Read now ahead of print!
    journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1

    #sexualSelection #phenotype #inbreeding #genetic #fish #ornamentalTraits

  9. Rare Black Zebra Foal With Polka Dots Spotted In Kenya

    "A rare newborn zebra foal with polka-dots instead of stripes has been photographed in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya."

    #SciComm by @GrrlScientist

    #wildlife #coloration #pigments #genetics #inbreeding #zebra #Africa #Kenya grrlscientist.substack.com/p/r

  10. Rare Black Zebra Foal With Polka Dots Spotted In Kenya

    "A rare newborn zebra foal with polka-dots instead of stripes has been photographed in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya."

    #SciComm by @grrlscientist

    #wildlife #coloration #pigments #genetics #inbreeding #zebra #Africa #Kenya grrlscientist.substack.com/p/r