Genetics 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

Nest-switching Storks

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-04-15T09:02:32+00:0021 Apr 2022|behaviour, bird movements, Breeding, displacement, Genetics, gps tags, movement, nest monitoring, nestlings, occurrence data, population dynamics, ringing, tracking|

What is the best method to quantify the frequency of nest-switching?

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

How important is smell to birds?

By Robert Driver|2021-09-30T13:00:50+00:0013 Sep 2021|avian biology, evolution, Genetics, genomics, olfaction, sensory ecology, smell|

Genes used to detect odours are numerous in birds

The taxonomic grey zone of the Olive Woodpecker

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-08-12T07:18:36+00:0012 Aug 2021|demography, diversification, evolution, gene flow, Genetics, Taxonomy|

Should this African woodpecker be classified as two or three species?

Rapid morphological evolution on remote islands

By Chentao Wei|2021-07-15T18:47:32+00:0022 Jul 2021|BOU-funded, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, island birds, morphology, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Resolving the taxonomic status of an island dwarfism warbler population

Hope never dies, tough old bird

By Giovanni Forcina|2021-06-14T18:07:49+00:0014 Jun 2021|Conservation, Galliformes, game bird, Genetics, hybridization|

Genomics opens new scenarios for the conservation management of the Red-legged Partridge

Extinction-in-progress in Indonesia

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-04-07T10:25:54+00:008 Apr 2021|biodiversity, Conservation, diversification, endemic, Genetics, island birds, morphology|

A unique population on the island Simeulue is already extinct in the wild.