Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids

Are Quail hybrids more susceptible to avian malaria? Studying the interactions between parasites and hybridization.

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Are Quail hybrids more susceptible to avian malaria?
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My latest game: Whack-a-Reviewer!
jenteottie.github.io/Whack-a-Revi...

Vent your frustration at reviewer #2 and get your paper accepted. 😉

Made using vibe-coding in Claude.

Stopping the decline of the Bearded Vulture Genetic analyses point to two conservation units that need protection.

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Stopping the decline of the Bearded Vulture
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First-generation hybrids between two highly divergent Wren species Despite four million years of divergence, Winter Wren and Pacific Wren can still interbreed.

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First-generation hybrids between two highly divergent Wren species
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Delineating conservation units in the Pink Cockatoo How many independent populations should conservationists consider?

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Delineating conservation units in the Pink Cockatoo
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And another #ornithology game: Green Wave-surfing Geese
jenteottie.github.io/GreenWave/

Pick your favorite goose species and help them migrate north. Stay within the green corridor 🌿 while firing poop 💩 at eagles and hunters. 😅

Created through vibe-coding with Claude.

Presenting my newest #ornithology game: Ratite Runner! 😀
jenteottie.github.io/RatiteRunner/

Pick your favorite flightless bird, use the power-ups wisely and avoid the obstacles. Enjoy!

Morphological and genetic evidence for hybrids between Magnolia Warbler and American Redstart But why would these two clearly distinct species interbreed?

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Morphological and genetic evidence for hybrids between Magnolia Warbler and American Redstart
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I bought the Dutch version of this book for my niece, but started exploring it myself. Wonderful illustrations with short, informative texts about all kinds of prehistoric organisms. Reminds me why I became an evolutionary biologist... 🥲

Haha, they could have picked a better combination of bird species. Unfortunately, this cross is not possible... 😅

Social bonds and migratory behavior determine the likelihood of hybridization in birds What behavioral mechanisms underlie these associations?

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Social bonds and migratory behavior determine the likelihood of hybridization in birds
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Hybrides : la nouvelle théorie de l’évolution Grizzlis, oiseaux, crapauds, fourmis, baleines… Tous les animaux s’hybrident. Les biologistes révèlent l’ampleur de ce phénomène longtemps méprisé.

Link to the article: www.epsiloon.com/tous-les-num...

Recently, I was interviewed by the French magazine Epsiloon about recent developments in hybridization research. The resulting piece brings together a wide range of researchers working on hybridization across different systems. Wonderful! 🥳

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Thanks, Anna! I wanted to share the blog post by mail, but I see you already found it. 😊 Your paper has been on my writing list for some time. 😉

What factors shape genomic diversity in birds? Both life history traits and habitat availability play a role.

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What factors shape genomic diversity in birds?
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Based on the Proceedings B paper by Anna Brüniche-Olsen, Kenneth Kellner and their colleagues | #ornithology

Mismatches between mtDNA, nuclear markers and morphology in the Canada Jay Extensive hybridization in contact zones leads to mitonuclear discordance.

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Mismatches between mtDNA, nuclear markers and morphology in the Canada Jay
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Now directly accessible through this link!
jenteottie.github.io/SlowProfesso...

Chromosomal evolution in sandpipers Dynamic reshuffling of chromosomes across the Charadriiformes phylogeny.

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Chromosomal evolution in sandpipers
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Introducing the Slow Professor game!
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This side-project grew out of ongoing conversations about workload, stress, and the sustainability of academic careers. So, I created a simulator that allows you to experiment with different academic strategies.

The benefits and drawbacks of living on an island If you were a bird, would you want to live on island?

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The benefits and drawbacks of living on an island
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Isolated in Iberia: Unraveling the origin of an Iberian Rook population Is it an ancestral population or the result of a recent expansion?

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Isolated in Iberia: Unraveling the origin of an Iberian Rook population
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Recent and ancient hybridization among sea duck species, including a potential hybrid species Genomic analyses point to several bouts of past gene flow.

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Recent and ancient hybridization among sea duck species, including a potential hybrid species
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Do plants experience less introgression than animals? A recent study suggests faster evolution of reproductive barriers in plants than in animals.

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Do plants experience less introgression than animals?
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Based on the Science paper by François Monnet and colleagues | including some #ornithology

Quantitative genetic analyses of Song Sparrows reveal the dark side of gene flow Genetic variation from immigrant birds contributes to lower juvenile survival.

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Quantitative genetic analyses of Song Sparrows reveal the dark side of gene flow
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Using evolution in conservation: Genomic vulnerability of the Little Greenbul Taking into account future climatic changes.

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Using evolution in conservation: Genomic vulnerability of the Little Greenbul
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Resolving the White-eye phylogeny Genetic analyses detect three main clades in Indo-Africa, Asia and Australasia.

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Resolving the White-eye phylogeny
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Do Chestnut-colored Woodpecker and Golden-olive Woodpecker hybridize? A short detective story on the reliability of this peculiar cross.

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Do Chestnut-colored Woodpecker and Golden-olive Woodpecker hybridize?
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Using genetic data to protect the Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Cheap molecular markers can help to identify the origin of birds that died as bycatch.

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Using genetic data to protect the Atlantic and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
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Genetic evidence for hybrids between Copper Seedeater and Pearly-bellied Seedeater Or could the genetic patterns be explained by incomplete lineage sorting?

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Genetic evidence for hybrids between Copper Seedeater and Pearly-bellied Seedeater
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Similar migration strategies explain the evolution of flight calls in wood warblers Although phylogenetic relatedness plays a major role as well.

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Similar migration strategies explain the evolution of flight calls in wood warblers
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