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Wytham Genome Project @GenomeWytham

Official twitter account for the Wytham Genome project, part of the @darwintreelife project.

Joined October 2019
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
8 May 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)🐝 Thanks to @Liam_M_Crowley @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @Olga00209044 @NHM_Science @SangerToL and all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑@WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
8 May 2023
📸 Pseudoprotapion astragali on Wild Licorice Just one of the fascinating species collected by #DarwinTreeOfLife in @WythamWoods 🌳🐝🦋 We talked to @OxfordBiology entomologist @Liam_M_Crowley to find out more: ow.ly/Umo350Oh7M1 @RoyEntSoc @UniofOxford @GenomeWytham
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
28 Mar 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the Golden-tailed Leafwalker (Xylota sylvarum) 🐝 Thanks to @Liam_M_Crowley @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @nashalselection @EarlhamInst @NHM_Science @SangerToL 🧬 📑Read more @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
4 Apr 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the Brindled Pug 🦋 (Eupithecia abbreviata) Thanks to @diarsia @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL and everyone who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑Read more @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
5 Apr 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)🐝 Thanks to @Liam_M_Crowley @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @Olga00209044 @NHM_Science @SangerToL & everyone who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑Read more @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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We are thrilled that our paper on homeobox gene evolution in Lepidoptera has been chosen for the cover of the latest issue of @genomeresearch! @PeterMulhair, @Liam_M_Crowley, @diarsia, Amber Harper, @OwenTLewis, @darwintreelife and Peter Holland.
Genome Research@genomeresearch
1 Feb 2023
The new issue of @genomeresearch is now live. Follow the link to new research on the evolution of homeobox genes in Lepidoptera, gonadal aging in the African turquoise killifish, and more! ow.ly/c5Cm50MGYtB
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
1 Feb 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the Plain Dark Bee (Stelis phaeoptera)🐝 Huge thanks to @pickeletto @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
18 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)🐝 Thanks to @Liam_M_Crowley @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @Olga00209044 @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
17 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the bluish flesh fly (Sarcophaga caerulescens) 🪰 Thanks to @StevenFalk1 @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL John Mulley & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read more @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
16 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: Nebria brevicollis, a ground beetle 🪲 Thanks to @Liam_M_Crowley @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @thiswordistaken @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped with this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
13 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the long-horned flat-body 🦋 (Carcina quercana) Huge thanks to @diarsia @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
10 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the dark-saddled leucozona #hoverfly (Leucozona laternaria)🐝 Thanks to @StevenFalk1 @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @phychua @SangerToL & all who helped with this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
12 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the gold triangle 🦋 (Hypsopygia costalis) Thanks to @diarsia @GenomeWytham @JamesHammond926 @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Great to see this important genome published. Micropterix are an important basal group of moths, meaning this genome will be very valuable in comparisons across the Lepidopteran lineage.
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
6 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the white-barred gold 🦋 (Micropterix aruncella) Thanks to @GenomeWytham @JamesHammond926 @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
6 Jan 2023
Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote: the white-barred gold 🦋 (Micropterix aruncella) Thanks to @GenomeWytham @JamesHammond926 @OxfordBiology @NHM_Science @SangerToL & all who helped generate this #genome🧬 📑 Read how we did it @WellcomeOpenRes: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
5 Jan 2023
#DarwinTreeOfLife has published #genomes for HALF of ALL British & Irish #butterflies🦋 📑 ow.ly/pVA050Mhb8Y This enables important comparative #genomics studies into #conservation, #ecology & #evolution🧬 @SBSatEd @GenomeWytham @OxfordBiology @savebutterflies @RoyEntSoc
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Wytham Genome Project retweeted
Darwin Tree of Life Project@darwintreelife
1 Jan 2023
Following a great 2022, we're now very excited for 2023! 👀 ow.ly/ymEC50Maisc #HappyNewYear everyone @EarlhamInst @emblebi @thembauk @NHM_Science @TheBotanics @KewScience @OxfordBiology @GenomeWytham @GeneticsCam @SBSatEd @OxfordBiology @GenomeWytham @SangerToL & beyond!
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Liam Crowley@Liam_M_Crowley
11 Nov 2022
Autumn is a pretty good time for beautiful moths!
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Oxford Biology@OxfordBiology
7 Nov 2022
Exciting to see #PublicEngagement @WythamWoods @GenomeWytham for the @darwintreelife project! Check out BugBlitz - an exciting day for primary school students to engage in biodiversity in Wytham Woods and get their hands on some biology! biology.ox.ac.uk/article/bug…

BugBlitz! Public engagement in biodiversity at Wytham Woods

biology.ox.ac.uk
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This autumn the team has been hosting school groups at @WythamWoods for the @darwintreelife BugBlitz project. Hopefully we have inspired a future generation of entomologists! Find out more here: biology2.web.ox.ac.uk/articl…
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