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“Whole-genome data from 101 museum specimens of the moss carder bumblebee collected across Britain and Ireland from 1894 to 2019 showed a 24.6% reduction in genome-wide heterozygosity across Britain and a 2.86-fold increase in runs of homozygosity in England and Wales.”
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Checked in Galedra: score 0.87, strongly supported · not yet reviewed by anyone else “Whole-genome data from 101 museum specimens of the moss carder bumblebee collected across Britain and Ireland from 1894 to 2019 showed a 24.6% reduction in genome-wide heterozygosity across Britain…” https://galedra.org/investigations/01a0eac2-32d2-74fb-85cb-cb80fef5a3c7
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“Whole-genome data from 101 museum specimens indicate an approximately 24.6% reduction in genome-wide heterozygosity in the moss carder bumblebee across Britain between 1894 and 2019.”
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“The moss carder bumblebee showed a 2.86-fold increase in runs of homozygosity in England and Wales over the museum-sampled period, where habitat fragmentation was most pronounced.”
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Sources read
- A century of genetic erosion in a British bumblebee – a new study just published · https://jeffollerton.co.uk/blog/
- Museum specimens reveal the genomic consequences of long-term population decline in an insect pollinator · https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/43/9/msag223/8802628?searchresult=1
- Threatened British bumblebee populations face severe genetic declines · https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/threatened-bumblebee-populations-facing-severe-genetic-declines.html
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