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Natalie Allen

@natalieallen.bsky.social
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Evolutionary biology, genomics/bioinformatics, and conservation • PhD candidate at Purdue • she/her nataliemallen.github.io/Personal_we…

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Natalie Allen @natalieallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Paper out! We found evidence that western North Pacific gray whales experienced ghost introgression from a historical stock: academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
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The contemporary Pacific gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) gene pool includes ancestry from a potential ghost population: Inferences from population genomics
Abstract. Local extirpations and extreme bottlenecks can deplete genetic variation and obscure population dynamics, especially in highly mobile species. Th
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Natalie Allen @natalieallen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My first chapter is out! Population genomics of the western chicken turtle showed a surprising degree of structure: nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Whole genome resequencing data provide high-resolution conservation insights into population structure and life history - Conservation Genetics
Whole genome resequencing can be a powerful tool for uncovering biological insights and quantifying population genomic metrics relevant to conservation. These insights have the potential to be most pr...
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Natalie Allen @natalieallen.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Paper out! We tested the ability of short-read pangenomes to capture variants for population genomics. Super excited to have been part of this project. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Short‐Read Pangenomes and Their Potential Utility in Population and Conservation Genomics
As a collection of all the genetic variants in the gene pool, the pangenome is a concept that will become fundamental to conservation genomic studies. Unfortunately, most pangenomic approaches develo...
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Natalie Allen @natalieallen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
now that I have projects on whales and quail… I may have to branch out of vertebrates and get into snails. also, who should I talk to about changing the plural of “quail” to “quails”?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/04/2025
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The administration has “proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the change could make it easier to log, mine and build on lands that endangered species need to thrive.” 🌱🐋🧪🌎
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Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog hanging over the New York skylineA vintage photo from the National Archives shows damaged oil drums piled high at an Exxon refinery. A vintage photo from the National Archives shows cars driving down a road as smoke spews from factories in the distance and air pollution hangs over everything.A vintage photo from the National Archives shows smog in Los Angeles taken from a high vantage point.
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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
can I code fast? no. but can I code well? also no. but does my code work? alas, no
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Paulina Arancibia @pauliarancibia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I created this stater pack with women in ecology and evolution. If you want to be added you can comment or DM me, but also please suggest the names of those I am missing 🧪🌎🌐 go.bsky.app/8jFH7cS
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Aaron Griffing @aaronhgriffing.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Very stoked to get the most recent cover of @sicbjournals.bsky.social! Here's a glorious, pad-reduced viper #gecko (Hemidactylus imbricatus). Check out our the article below and the rest of this awesome issue! doi.org/10.1093/icb/... #GeckoEvoDevo
The cover of Integrative & Comparative Biology, volume 64, number 5, 2024. The cover features a view from above of a viper gecko (Hemidactylus imbricatus), a brown gecko with large scales and tan speckles.A scanning electron micrograph (greyscale image) of an embryonic viper gecko hand, with a view of the palm. The toe pads and other scales are well-developed.
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Natalie Allen @natalieallen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
first post may as well be about this paper from our lab that came out last week! we present a framework for population genomic datasets aimed at making interpretation more approachable, especially for use in conservation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Thematic Layers of Genomic Susceptibility for Conservation Monitoring
Population genomics has great potential to inform applied conservation management and associated policy. However, the bioinformatic analyses and interpretation of population genomic datasets can be d....
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