A comprehensive and cutting-edge genomics project to study and protect five endangered endemic species, a unique biological heritage. Work in progress...

Joined April 2020
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25 May 2022
We are finalizing the genome assembly of the Ponza grayling Hipparchia sbordonii... endemixit.com/2022/05/25/whe…

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22 Apr 2022
"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…
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17 Mar 2022
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…

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21 Feb 2022
Don't worry, we haven't disappeared! We were quite busy producing genomic resources, studying genomic variation patterns and running simulations... endemixit.com/2022/01/25/whe… endemixit.com/2022/02/09/whe… endemixit.com/2022/02/21/whe…
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17 Nov 2021
The Marsican bear and the Eolian lizard are ready to travel the world, carried by their dedicated stamps!! endemixit.com/2021/11/17/bra…

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4 Oct 2021
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…
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17 Jun 2021
We took a picture of the chromosomes of a Marsican bear!! endemixit.com/2021/06/17/chr…

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13 May 2021
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…
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6 May 2021
Huge amount of high quality data from the re-sequencing runs. Look at the numbers in this new post! endemixit.com/2021/05/06/her…

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17 Feb 2021
From tissue to DNA...the challenging starting point of all our analysis! endemixit.com/2021/02/17/dif…

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10 Feb 2021
Curious about the origin of your beans soup? Take a look at this nice work on ancient genomic from Endemixit people!
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21 Jan 2021
Happy 2021: the transcriptome of Ponza grayling is done...and it is a very good quality one! endemixit.com/2021/01/21/the…