Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)🐝

Thanks to Liam Crowley Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Olga Sivell Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme and all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-161

📸 Pseudoprotapion astragali on Wild Licorice

Just one of the fascinating species collected by #DarwinTreeOfLife in Wytham Woods 🌳🐝🦋

We talked to Oxford Biology entomologist Liam Crowley to find out more:
ow.ly/Umo350Oh7M1

Royal Entomological Society University of Oxford Wytham Genome Project

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the Golden-tailed Leafwalker (Xylota sylvarum) 🐝

Thanks to Liam Crowley Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Will Nash Earlham Institute Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme 🧬

📑Read more WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-133

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the Brindled Pug 🦋 (Eupithecia abbreviata)

Thanks to Dr Douglas Boyes Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme and everyone who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑Read more WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-140

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)🐝

Thanks to Liam Crowley Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Olga Sivell Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & everyone who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑Read more WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-142

We are thrilled that our paper on homeobox gene evolution in Lepidoptera has been chosen for the cover of the latest issue of Genome Research! Peter Mulhair, Liam Crowley, Dr Douglas Boyes, Amber Harper, Owen Lewis, Darwin Tree of Life and Peter Holland.

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the Plain Dark Bee (Stelis phaeoptera)🐝

Huge thanks to Clare Boyes Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-42

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)🐝

Thanks to Liam Crowley Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Olga Sivell Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-21

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the bluish flesh fly (Sarcophaga caerulescens) 🪰

Thanks to Steven Falk Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme John Mulley & all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑 Read more WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-17

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : Nebria brevicollis, a ground beetle 🪲

Thanks to Liam Crowley Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Beulah Garner Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped with this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-20

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the long-horned flat-body 🦋 (Carcina quercana)

Huge thanks to Dr Douglas Boyes Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-16

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the dark-saddled leucozona #hoverfly (Leucozona laternaria)🐝

Thanks to Steven Falk Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Physilia Chua Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped with this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-10

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the gold triangle 🦋 (Hypsopygia costalis)

Thanks to Dr Douglas Boyes Wytham Genome Project James Hammond Oxford Biology Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-15

Great to see this important genome published. Micropterix are an important basal group of moths, meaning this genome will be very valuable in comparisons across the Lepidopteran lineage.

Our latest #DarwinTreeOfLife #GenomeNote : the white-barred gold 🦋 (Micropterix aruncella)

Thanks to Wytham Genome Project James Hammond Oxford Biology Natural History Museum Science Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & all who helped generate this #genome 🧬

📑 Read how we did it WellcomeOpenResearch:
wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/8-1

#DarwinTreeOfLife has published #genomes for HALF of ALL British & Irish #butterflies 🦋

📑 ow.ly/pVA050Mhb8Y

This enables important comparative #genomics studies into #conservation , #ecology & #evolution 🧬

Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh Wytham Genome Project Oxford Biology Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Royal Entomological Society

Following a great 2022, we're now very excited for 2023!

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#HappyNewYear everyone Earlham Institute EMBL-EBI MBA - Marine Biological Association Natural History Museum Science Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Kew Science Oxford Biology Wytham Genome Project GeneticsCambridge Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh Oxford Biology Wytham Genome Project Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme & beyond!

Autumn is a pretty good time for beautiful moths!

Exciting to see #PublicEngagement Wytham Woods Wytham Genome Project for the Darwin Tree of Life project!

Check out BugBlitz - an exciting day for primary school students to engage in biodiversity in Wytham Woods and get their hands on some biology!

biology.ox.ac.uk/article/bugbli…

This autumn the team has been hosting school groups at Wytham Woods for the Darwin Tree of Life BugBlitz project. Hopefully we have inspired a future generation of entomologists! Find out more here: biology2.web.ox.ac.uk/article/bugbli…