genomics Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Moving swiftly on…

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-09-23T00:15:20+00:0019 Sep 2024|Apodidae, breeding biology, breeding tactics, genomics, microsatellite, reproduction|

Genetic analyses do not support multi-season sexual monogamy in American Black Swifts

Revealing the Redleg’s Secrets

By Giovanni Forcina|2022-12-12T14:26:00+00:0022 Dec 2022|avian biology, climate change, disease, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, Farmland birds, Galliformes, game bird, Genetics, genomics, grassland birds, Science|

The whole genome marks a new era for the Red-legged Partridge

Disentangeling cooperative breeding in a Neotropical passerine

By Juan Manuel Rojas Ripari|2022-09-18T09:56:05+00:0019 Sep 2022|breeding biology, cooperative breeding, fieldwork, Genetics, genomics, Neotropics, parental care, passerines|

Use of genomic tools to describe relatedness patterns within Greyish Baywing cooperative groups

Genome-wide markers resolve Forest Owlet taxonomy

By Vinay K L|2022-08-12T13:31:27+00:0015 Aug 2022|biodiversity, birds of prey, evolution, Genetics, genomics, IBIS, natural history, nocturnal birds, owls, raptors, systematics, Taxonomy, tropical birds|

Examining UCEs clarify phylogenetic relationships of the Forest Owlet

A wild pigeon chase!

By Will Smith|2022-07-08T11:53:13+00:0011 Jul 2022|distribution, domesticated, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, Genetics, genomics, population dynamics, population structure|

The Rock Dove’s genomic status in the British Isles.

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

The secret sex lives of jackdaws

By Rebecca Hooper|2021-09-30T12:58:20+00:0030 Sep 2021|avian biology, behaviour, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, colonial birds, corvids, early-career researcher, ECR, extra pair paternity, genomics, reproduction|

Using the latest genomic tools to investigate jackdaw sexual behaviour

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