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Lutz Bachmann

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Chief Editor of the journal Zoologica Scripta. Retired Professor in Molecular Systematics at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. Love parkrun.

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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 20h
Now online: The open access Zoologica Scripta paper by Kunz et al. 'Goshawk Genomics: Genome Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Confirm Species Status of Astur gentilis and Astur atricapillus'. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 20h
Now online: The open access Zoologica Scripta paper by Garzia et al. 'Systematic and Taxonomic Revision of Ostrea stentina Species Complex (Bivalvia: Ostreidae): New Insights From a Topotype-Based Integrative Approach'. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 21h
Now online: The open access Zoologica Scripta paper by Araújo et al. 'Integrating Phylogenomics and Biogeography of Spectracanthicus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Reveals Complex Evolutionary History in a Brazilian Shield Endemic Genus'. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... @felipearaujoictio.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new Zoologica Scripta paper is online: Liao et al. 'Phylogeny of the Bakuellid-Related Ciliate (Alveolata, Ciliophora) Genera, With Establishment of Three New Families and Note on Morphogenesis of Holostichides heterotypicus'. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Now available online: The Zoologica Scripta paper by Uhrová et al. entitled 'The African Mole-Rat Genus Cryptomys and Its Species: Distinct in Their Genes and Habitats'. The paper is available open access. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta #rodents @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ekebergsletta parkrun #197 - a great way to start the weekend. Today, we could welcome 84 parkrunners and eight volunteers. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Exciting paper !!! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @frommlab.bsky.social
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Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography - Nature
An updated phylogeny of bats is presented, based on new genome assemblies and many ancient fossils and including all known bat families.
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now online: the Zoologica Scripta paper by Acosta et al. entitled 'Range-Wide Molecular Systematics of Mastiff Bats Reveals Heterogeneous Lineage Differentiation and Two Unrecognised Lineages in the Neotropics' is now available at doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Range‐Wide Molecular Systematics of Mastiff Bats Reveals Heterogeneous Lineage Differentiation and Two Unrecognised Lineages in the Neotropics
The genus Molossus is one of the most taxonomically challenging groups of Neotropical bats because of the marked morphological similarity among species, uneven geographic sampling, and conflicting si...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now online: the Zoologica Scripta paper by Zheng et al. entitled 'From the Ancient Tethys to Modern Mountain Springs: A New Operculum-Projection-Bearing Family of Truncatelloidea' is now available at doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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From the Ancient Tethys to Modern Mountain Springs: A New Operculum‐Projection‐Bearing Family of Truncatelloidea
The superfamily Truncatelloidea represents one of the most diverse radiations among microgastropods, yet its systematics remains challenging due to extensive morphological homoplasy and small body si...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great paper by Mullin et al. in MBE on the genomic consequences of long-term population decline in a bumblebee. doi.org/10.1093/molb... #museomics #ancientdna
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The open access paper by Becher et al. 'Differentiation and Population Structure of Idyla bicristata (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) on Euboea, Greece' has been published by the Zoologica Scripta as Early View. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta #snails #adaptation @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Eventually managed to read 'The Buddenbrooks' by Thomas Mann, the major reason that Mann won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. Yes, quite lengthy but still worth reading. A glimpse into a different time. #bookrecommendation
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Wang et al. paper 'Historical Biogeography of Freshwater Planarians (Tricladida, Dugesia) From the Eastern Palearctic–Oriental Region, Including the Integrative Description of Two New Species From the Nanling Mountains, China' is now online (early view). doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta
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Historical Biogeography of Freshwater Planarians (Tricladida, <fi>Dugesia</fi>) From the Eastern Palearctic–Oriental Region, Including the Integrative Description of Two New Species From the Nanling Mountains, China
In this paper we document further samplings in the Nanling Mountains, covering six new localities and infer the historical biogeography of Dugesia from the Eastern Palearctic–Oriental region, thus pr...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Last Friday, 21. August, the seminar 'Parasitology in Modern Times' was held at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, on the occasion of my retirement. I am particularly grateful to Torsten Struck for organising the seminar and to all speakers and participants. #parasitology
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A new Zoologica Scripta paper by Pontes-Nogueira et al. entitled 'Neotropical Snakes Reveal Different Geological Times for Dispersal Corridors Between Amazon and Atlantic Forests' has been released. The paper is available open access. doi.org/10.1111/zsc....
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Neotropical Snakes Reveal Different Geological Times for Dispersal Corridors Between Amazon and Atlantic Forests
Three forested dispersal corridors have been proposed within the diagonal of open/dry landscapes in South America and the relative importance of each one has been the subject of debate for forest org...
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The Fromm Lab @frommlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
**1/7** 🔥 New paper out in Evolution! How predictable is genome evolution? Over the past decade, my work has explored both directions of evolution: the rise of biological complexity and the genomic simplification that accompanies parasitism. lnkd.in/dRnuX-we 🧵👇
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Today the paper by Sługocki et al. 'Integrative taxonomy of the Eurytemora velox (Copepoda, Calanoida) species complex reveals a new cryptic species' was published in Organisms Diversity & Evolution. Congrats to all co-authors!! doi.org/10.1007/s131... #taxonomy #biogeography #systematics
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The featured paper of the September issue of the Zoologica Scripta by Feng et al. entitled 'Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Otocolobus manul Provides Insights Into High-Altitude Adaptation and Evolutionary Traits' targets Palla’s cat. Enjoy the reading !!! #zoologicascripta
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Zoologica Scripta September 2026 issue (55:5) with exciting papers covering taxa from isopods (suborder Asselota) to the small Palla’s cat, an endemic to the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has been published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14636409... #zoologicascripta #phylogeny #systematics
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Zoologica Scripta: Vol 55, No 5
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Very nice!! The paper 'Reconstructing mitochondrial genomes directly from genomic next-generation sequencing reads—a baiting and iterative mapping approach' by Hahn et al. has now been cited more than 2000 times according to google scholar. doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
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Reconstructing mitochondrial genomes directly from genomic next-generation sequencing reads—a baiting and iterative mapping approach
Abstract. We present an in silico approach for the reconstruction of complete mitochondrial genomes of non-model organisms directly from next-generation se
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Wiley Ecology, Environment and Sustainability​​ @wileyecology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
📢New issue from Zoologica Scripta! 🔎Explore the issues featured article on how past climate change and geological events shaped the evolution, genetic diversity, and population structure of the Mediterranean ant. 📖 Read the full issue here: bit.ly/3RoNxtv #Evolution
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The latest issue of the Zoologica Scripta (55_4) includes the invited review 'Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia' by Torsten H. Struck. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... (open access) #zoologicascripta #phylogeny #animalsystematics #phylogenomics
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Voges et al. paper 'Evolution of Crematogaster sordidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Ants in the Mediterranean Region During Plio-Pleistocene Climatic Changes' has been chosen as featured article of the July 2026 issue (55:4) of the Zoologica Scripta. doi.org/10.1111/zsc.... #zoologicascripta
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The July issue (55_4) of the Zoological Scripta is out. It compiles exciting papers, targeting animal taxa ranging from huntsman spiders to gerbils along with an invited review on phylogenomics of Lophotrochozoa. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14636409... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Zoologica Scripta: Vol 55, No 4
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The Fromm Lab @frommlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#ICP2026 @marmole6.bsky.social presenting ancientRNA Talk number 3 beautifully summarizing the young field of paleotranscriptomics and showing off the cool 🦣Mammoth RNA paper we published earlier 💪🏻
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Sootspelet - Mann av stein. Enjoyed an exciting open-air theater performance on a warm summer evening at Ørje sluseamfi. Highly recommended !!! #sootspelet #slusebyørje www.soot-spelet.no
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SOOTspelet Ørje | Historisk spel i Ørje sluser | Ørje | Haldenkanalen | Østfold
SOOTspelet i Ørje sluser er et historisk spel om husmannsgutten Engebret Soot, som hørte sangen fra bekken, lot vannet bestemme sin vei og ble Haldenkanalens far.
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The Fromm Lab @frommlab.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#ICP2026 Very proud of PhD student Vanessa presenting her work on the RNA of a 41000 year old moth!
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Thank you very much to the 55 parkrunners today for joining Ekebergsletta parkrun edition #184. There were three generations contributing to today's volunteer-team - thank you very much for excellent service. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The paper by Zhao et al. 'The Phylogenetic Position of the Extinct Hawaiian Honeyeaters: Overcoming the Limitations of Historical DNA' has been selected as featured article of issue 55:3 of the Zoological Scripta. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Upcoming Saturday at 9:30 there will be edition #184 of Ekebergsletta parkrun in Oslo. Looking forward to meeting the crowd. www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/ #parkrun
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just finished 'Irans moderne historie' by Hulda Kjeang Mørk. An easy to read introduction that I can highly recommend to those that wish to learn more about the country than what we use to hear in the day to day news. (the book is in Norwegian) #bookrecommendation #history
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 21/05/2026
Niemand weiß so viel über Saitenwürmer wie Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Der Biologe hat schon etliche neue Arten entdeckt – und fünf nach seinen Kindern benannt.
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Saitenwurm: »Würmer sind wie kleine Aliens«
Niemand weiß so viel über Saitenwürmer wie Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa. Der Biologe hat schon etliche neue Arten entdeckt – und fünf nach seinen Kindern benannt.
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Now the paper entitled 'Tracing the Drivers of Range-Wide Bowhead Whale Genomic Structure and Diversity' by Westbury et al. has been published in Molecular Ecology. You can find it at: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... Enjoy the reading !!! #bowheadwhales #marinemammals @mick2474.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
An exciting number of 340 park runners joined the 4th anniversary of Ekebergsletta parkrun (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/). A lot of fun!!! Thank you very much also to the volunteers who made the event possible. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Tomorrow, we will have an extra Ekebergsletta parkrun (edition #179) that will mark and celebrate the 4th anniversary of the event. We are excited to see that the number of participants is continuously increasing (www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/). Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow. #parkrun
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Congratulations to the team !!! Eventually the paper entitled 'Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa' by Kmentova et al. was published in Frontiers in Zoology (link.springer.com/article/10.1...). #monogenea #parasites #mitogenomes
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Geographic differentiation of ectoparasitic flatworms in the pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika, Africa - Frontiers in Zoology
Monopisthocotylan parasites have been proposed as tags for studying host population structure due to their direct life cycles and short generation times. However, their effectiveness in reflecting hos...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Very nice one by the Milinkovitch-Tzika Lab :-) !! Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough !!
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Jeanna Bryner @jeanna.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I got the chance to speak with Craig Venter @jcvi.org at the end of March about the state of American science, AI and genomes. I had no idea this might be one of his last interviews. Watch the interview here: youtu.be/Zxg38eUL5IY
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‘Swashbuckling’ geneticist and human genome decoder J. Craig Venter dies at age 79
Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Exciting news !!! Molecular Ecology accepted the manuscript entitled 'Tracing the drivers of range-wide bowhead whale genomic structure and diversity' by Westbury et al. The paper will certainly soon appear on the journal's webpage. Congrats to the team !!! #bowheadwhales #marinemammals
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Representatives of more than 50 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week at what was billed as the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels. A panel of scientists will be advising them
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Scientists know how to phase out fossil fuels. These countries might be listening
Representatives of more than 50 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week at what was billed as the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels. A panel of scientists will be advising t...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A new Invited Review paper by T. Struck entitled 'Progress and Challenges in Phylogenomics and Genomics of Lophotrochozoa/Spiralia' is now available online early (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) in the Zoologica Scripta. #zoologicascripta #lophotrochozoa @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Eventually, the paper entitled 'Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales' by Westbury et al. is published in the April 02, 2026 issue of Cell. Congratulations again to all co-authors!! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #ancientDNA #marinemammals
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Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales
Although bowhead whales remained genetically stable through 11,000 years of Holocene environmental change, commercial whaling upended this long-term stability, driving population subdivision and genom...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Interesting reading. Miljøstiftelsen ZERO published a report on how to boost the usage of solar energy in Norway (in Norwegian). zero.no/wp-content/u... @stiftelsenzero.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Very nice tthat the invited review 'A renaissance of microRNAs as taxonomic and phylogenetic markers in animals' by B. Fromm met the interest of our readers and is among the top downloaded papers 2024/2025. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @frommlab.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Parkrun depends on volunteers - without them no parkrun. A big THANK YOU to those that volunteered yesterday for the 171th edition of Ekebergsletta parkrun. #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Welcome to the spring equinox parkrun at Ekebergsletta, Oslo. Meet you at 9:30 am at the start. www.parkrun.no/ekebergsletta/ #parkrun #ekebergslettaparkrun
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 18/03/2026
Muskeltraining kann die Risiken für Krebs, Alzheimer und Diabetes senken. Der Sportwissenschaftler Jürgen Gießing erklärt, warum es besonders im Alter so wichtig ist.
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Muskeln im Alter: "Krafttraining wird bald so selbstverständlich sein wie Zähneputzen"
Muskeltraining kann die Risiken für Krebs, Alzheimer und Diabetes senken. Der Sportwissenschaftler Jürgen Gießing erklärt, warum es besonders im Alter so wichtig ist.
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Great news - the Cell paper by Westbury et al. entitled 'Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales' is online now. Congrats to all co-authors !!! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #bowheadwhales #marinemammals
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Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales
Although bowhead whales remained genetically stable through 11,000 years of Holocene environmental change, commercial whaling upended this long-term stability, driving population subdivision and genom...
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Birds attract a lot of attention. Thus, perhaps not too surprising that a paper by Cerqueira et al. on antshrikes in Brazil (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) tops the list of most downloaded Zoologica Scripta papers published in 2024 & 2025. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Lutz Bachmann @lbachmann.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The Zoologica Scripta published a new virtual issue entitled 'Most downloaded papers published in 2024 and 2025' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1.... The virtual issue compiles 10 exciting and attractive papers - all published open access. #zoologicascripta @wileyecology.bsky.social
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Most downloaded papers published in 2024 and 2025: Zoologica Scripta
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