A comprehensive and cutting-edge genomics project to study and protect five endangered endemic species, a unique biological heritage. Work in progress...
Shedding light in the genome dark matter...see how ENDEMIXIT is going to characterize the landscape of transposable elements in big genomes!
endemixit.com/2022/05/09/stu…
"Not only is it important to ask questions and find the answers, as a scientist I felt obligated to communicate with the world what we were learning." (S. Hawking).
Lear more about our outreach activities in this new post:
endemixit.com/2022/04/21/whe…
Smaller population > accumulation of mutations > less efficient mitochondria. Does this hold true for the Marsican bears?
We obtained some interesting results...
endemixit.com/2022/03/14/whe…
Finally...we are very proud to announce the video of the project!
One of our aims is to communicate science to the widest audience possible, and we think that this video is perfect for the purpose!
Thanks to
@JSacquegno for the beautiful drawings
youtube.com/watch?v=AkAj63_K…
To make our blog easier to read for everyone, we have just included a glossary (also in Italian): endemixit.com/glossary/
...and in the same perspective, we created the Italian Wikipedia page for Conservation Genomics (Genomica della Conservazione): it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genomi…