[MARMAM] New Publication: A review of ancient DNA studies on marine mammals

nally, we highlight some of the problems of aDNA studies on marine mammals, such as obtaining sufficient sample sizes and calibrating for the marine reservoir effect when radiocarbon-dating such wide-ranging species. cheers, Andy Foote Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Unive

[MARMAM] New paper on killer whale evolution

competition. The estimated timing of bidirectional migration between the North Pacific and North Atlantic coincided with the previous inter-glacial when the leakage of fauna from the Indo-Pacific into the Atlantic via the Agulhas current was particularly vigorous. cheers, Andy Foote (foot

[MARMAM] New publication - Ecological speciation in killer whales

Dear colleagues, A special issue of Evolutionary Ecology Research edited by Andrew Hendry and based on work presented at the Niche Theory and Speciation workshop held in Hungary almost one year ago is now available to access online ahead of final publication: http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/fo

[MARMAM] New publication - Using eDNA to detect marine mammals

t J, Lønsmann Iversen L, Rask Møller P, Ramussen M, Willerslev E (2012) Detection of a diverse marine fish fauna using environmental DNA from seawater samples. PLoS one http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041732 Andy Foote -- *Dr Andrew Foote* *Centre

[MARMAM] New paper on response of bowhead whales to late Pleistocene climate change

this century, potentially influencing future population dynamics. Andy Foote, Kristin Kaschner and coauthors ___ MARMAM mailing list MARMAM@lists.uvic.ca https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam

[MARMAM] New publications on killer whale evolutionary ecology

selection when hunting either mammals or fish. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1768/20131481.abstract best regards, Andy Foote and coauthors -- *Dr Andrew Foote* *Centre for GeoGenetics* The Natural History Museum of Denmark Øster Voldgade 5 - 7 1350 Copenhagen K

[MARMAM] Marine Mammal Genomes

Dear colleagues, The first high coverage genome sequences of marine mammal species are now publicly available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/170427 This data has been generated at significant cost and effort by a collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and Baylor College for

[MARMAM] New Publication: High-throughput sequencing data provides insight into killer whale skin microbiome

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce our study of variation in the killer whale skin microbiome published in a forthcoming special issue of Molecular Ecology on Species Interactions, Ecological Networks and Community Dynamics is now available online and can be freely viewed via this link: r

[MARMAM] Genomics of Marine Mammals workshop

the aim of describing and summarizing state-of-the-art techniques and methods to workshop attendees. A panel discussion will follow the talks, so attendees and speakers will able to ask questions and interact. Andy Foote and Michael McGowen ___ MARMAM

[MARMAM] New paper on killer whale genomics

a more polished and scripted version soon. And I hope to upload more overview videos to this Footenotes channel and a website (footenotes.org) under construction. The abstract of the paper is pasted below. - Andy Foote and coauthors Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admix

[MARMAM] JMBA special section on North Atlantic killer whales

reprint requests or enquiries. Andy Foote, Sanna Kuningas and Filipa Samarra Foreword: North Atlantic killer whale research; past, present and future Andrew D. Foote, Sanna Kuningas and Filipa I.P. Samarra Using opportunistic photo-identifications to detect a population decline of killer whales

[MARMAM] Genomics Workshop II

as a community by preventing needless and expensive replication and promoting better, more cost-effective use of resources. Organizer and contact email: Andy Foote (foot...@gmail.com) and Kristina Cammen (kristina.cam...@maine.edu) ___ MARMAM mailing list

[MARMAM] Killer whale population genomics paper deposited in biorxiv

Dear colleagues, Our population genomics study on killer whales, in which analyse the genomes of 50 individuals to reconstruct demographic history, population structuring and adaptation to different habitats and diets is now deposited in the biorxix and can be accessed with this link: http://www.bi

[MARMAM] new publication - killer whale genomics

:10.1038/hdy.2016.54 The full text can be accessed via this link: http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/hdy201654a.html Andy Foote and Phil Morin Andrew Foote Institute of Ecology and Evolution University of Bern Baltzerstrasse 6 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland +41 31 631 45 49 andrew.fo