Research
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The Oslo Symposium
The inaugural Oslo Symposium on Ecology, Evolution, and Genomics will be held on Thursday 30 August 2018. The theme is: “Bridging the Fundamentals of Ecology, Evolution, and Genomics: Challenges and Solutions”.
The Kristine Bonnevie lectures
The Kristine Bonnevie lectures 2018 will be held on Monday 3 September 2018. Speakers: Spencer C.H. Barrett and Anja C. Andersen.
Research news
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How the house sparrow came to be
Aug. 10, 2018
How is it that the small, charismatic house sparrow has become so closely associated with us? CEES researchers have been trying to answer this question by sequencing the DNA of populations of sparrows from across Europe and the Middle East. New publication published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
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Ancient DNA reveals the extent of Norse Greenland’s trade in walrus ivory
Aug. 8, 2018
Analysis of DNA from up to 1100 year old walrus remains confirmes that walrus ivory was a driver for both the success and decline of the old Norse colony of Greenland.
Publications
By
Masahito Tsuboi*, Wouter van der Bijl, Bjørn Tore Kopperud*, Johannes Erritzøe,
Kjetil L. Voje*, Alexander Kotrschal, Kara E. Yopak, Shaun P. Collin, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, and Niclas Kolm in
Nature Ecology & Evolution
By Megan S. Thoemmes, Fiona A. Stewart,
R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar*, Matthew A. Bertone, David A. Baltzegar, Russell J. Borski, Naomi Cohen, Kaitlin P. Coyle, Alexander K. Piel and Robert R. Dunn in
Royal Society Open Science
By Hanna Nyborg Støstad
§, Arild Johnsen
§, Jan Terje Lifjeld
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Melissah Rowe
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Evolution
Outreach
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Spawning migration in cod – a question of trade-offs
Aug. 7, 2018
The extensive spawning migration of Northeast Arctic cod was suggested to be counterbalanced by increased early-offspring survival, however we find in a study published in July in Marine Ecology Progress Series , that early offspring growth should be considered as another factor explaining this long-distance migration.
Titan.uio.no
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Has parental care led to the evolution of bigger brains in mammals and birds?
Aug. 15, 2018 8:00 PM
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Handel med hvalross-elfenben holdt liv i den norrøne bosettingen på Grønland
Aug. 13, 2018 9:07 AM
Den norrøne kolonien som ble grunnlagt på Grønland av Eirik Raude rundt år 985, varte i nesten 500 år. Norske og britiske forskere har nå analysert DNA funnet i hvalross-rester fra den tiden og påvist at handel med elfenben fra hvalrossens støttenner var en viktig årsak til at bosettingen var så livskraftig. -
Ancient DNA reveals the extent of Norse Greenland’s trade in walrus ivory
Aug. 8, 2018 9:06 AM
Norwegian and British researchers have analysed DNA from up to 1100 year old walrus remains and confirmed that walrus ivory was a driver for both the success and decline of the old Norse colony of Greenland. They also revealed the shifting patterns of walrus ivory trade in medieval Europe and found traces of a major evolutionary split in the Atlantic walrus population. -
Insektmidler er bare én av mange trusler mot humlene
July 9, 2018 9:28 AM
