DNA sequencing Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

All in the genes

By Begona Martinez Cruz|2022-05-09T10:23:41+00:0012 May 2022|BOU-funded, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, Genetics|

Disentangling the demographic history and adaptation of the imperial eagles

Overlooked diversity in a European context

By Manuel Schweizer|2022-04-29T15:29:48+00:009 May 2022|cryptic, diversification, diversity, DNA sequencing, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, IBIS, Mediterranean forest, museum collections, phylogeny, population structure, Speciation, Taxonomy|

Genome-wide data uncovers two morphologically cryptic lineages in the Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Breaking into the Major Histocompatibility Complex

By Alexandra McCubbin|2022-03-16T13:15:13+00:0017 Mar 2022|avian biology, BOU-funded, diversification, DNA sequencing, early career, ecology, ECR, endemic, genetic diversity, Genetics, genomics, island birds, storm-petrels|

The novel detection of two MHC lineages in Hydrobates storm petrels on the Azores

Disjunct populations: connecting the dots

By Ashish Jha|2022-03-04T11:33:34+00:007 Mar 2022|birds of conservation concern, Conservation, distribution, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, evolution, fieldwork, genetic diversity, Genetics, habitat degradation, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, range expansion|

Discontinuous populations of Yellow-throated Bulbul are genetically connected

DNA-proofing seed dispersal networks

By Spencer Schubert|2021-11-15T10:39:00+00:0028 Oct 2021|BOU-funded, dispersal, DNA sequencing, early-career researcher, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, frugivory, mutualism, seed dispersal, seed/spore dispersal (diet)|

Connecting foraging observations to dispersal patterns

Just what is a species?

By Rebecca Taylor|2020-12-15T17:29:52+00:001 Aug 2019|cryptic species, DNA sequencing, Genetics, News, Seabirds, storm-petrels|

Cryptic species of storm-petrels uncovered using DNA sequencing

Where did the trogons come from?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-16T12:49:33+00:0021 Mar 2019|biodiversity, demography, diversification, DNA sequencing, evolution, News, palaeontology, phylogeny|

Genetic study traces the origins of this tropical bird family

A giant hidden in the rainforest

By Martim Melo|2021-08-13T13:49:29+00:0018 Apr 2017|DNA sequencing, Taxonomy, tropical birds|

The enigmatic São Tomé Grosbeak is the World’s largest canary

Diet of a threatened island pigeon

By Haruko Ando|2021-11-18T14:53:31+00:0011 Apr 2016|diet, diet composition, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, ecology, endangered, foraging, islands birds, pigeon|

Foraging strategy of the Red-headed Wood Pigeon in disturbed islands