The best session of #SMBE2203 is on! The first Graduate Excellence awardee to take the stage is Matteo Sebastianelli🇮🇹🇨🇴: the genetic basis of rhythm in birds songs University of Cyprus University of Cyprus Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Sky-high quality at the #SMBE2023 Grad Student Excellence Awards session: Matteo Sebastianelli🇮🇹🇨🇴 on genetic determinants of call frequency of "living metronome" tinkerbirds (Pogoniulus spp) and @auroraabuylla on the exapted plasma serpin that binds toxic alkaloids in poison frogs...

Matteo Sebastianelli on the evolution of rhythm in birds #SMBE23 #SMBE2023

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CYPRUS BIRD TRAPPERS OUTSIDE THE LAW. This autumn has seen worrying signs of increased trapping with no government agency prepared to take responsibility for enforcement 1/4 apnews.com/article/cyprus…

New paper online💙🎤🐟 lnkd.in/eyFpyXtd The metronome nature of brown meagre calls is independent of environmental factors, suggesting isochrony is a fitness-related trait. This paper supports incorporating rhythm analysis in fish bio and ecoacoustic studies @LaraBurchardt

More than 400,000 songbirds killed by organised crime in Cyprus theguardian.com/environment/20…

Check out this exciting paper to which I contributed when I was a postdoc at the University of Cyprus 🎤🐦🧬 nature.com/articles/s4146…

A study in Nature Communications describes the genes linked to bird song rhythm and tempo and suggests that two genes—Neurexin-1 and Coenzyme Q8A—which are also known to affect human speech, may shape vocal rhythm in birds. go.nature.com/3Jxfdow

A genomic basis of vocal rhythm in birds | Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

By studying a system with innate vocalizations, Pogoniulus tinkerbirds, Sebastianelli et al. find candidate genes that underlie differences in speed in vocal rhythm in this system. Matteo Sebastianelli🇮🇹🇨🇴 Alex Kirschel nature.com/articles/s4146…

Giant hummingbird split into two cryptic species, with the larger, high-elevation resident described as a new species, Patagona chaski: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… #birds #dinosaurs

Very happy to share a new preprint on Tinkerbirds! We used phylogenomics and hybrid zone analyses to investigate patterns of introgression and plumage evolution. Let me knwo what you think! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/3)

Whilst some aspects of bird song are learnt, rhythm is thought to be an innate trait in most species and plays an important role in sexual selection and species recognition. However, little is known about the genetic basis of song rhythm. Matteo Sebastianelli and colleagues

Nature Communications Read the open access article to learn more: nature.com/articles/s4146… Matteo Sebastianelli🇮🇹🇨🇴 @UU_University University of Cyprus Alex Kirschel Nature Communications Nature Portfolio

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