Raphaël Bouchard
@raphaelbouchard.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Laval University
Evolutionary Biology and Population Genomics applied to the study of Migration and Dispersal for the conservation of Salmonids 🐟🇨🇦
Evolutionary Biology and Population Genomics applied to the study of Migration and Dispersal for the conservation of Salmonids 🐟🇨🇦
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I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics
A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
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📢Introducing our brand new app fisheriesXplorer!
Our fisheries overviews data as live, navigable visuals and downloadable datasets.
Find data on fishing activities in each ICES ecoregion: catches, bycatch, discards, fleet interactions and more.
Ready to Xplore? www.ices.dk/data/assessm...
Our fisheries overviews data as live, navigable visuals and downloadable datasets.
Find data on fishing activities in each ICES ecoregion: catches, bycatch, discards, fleet interactions and more.
Ready to Xplore? www.ices.dk/data/assessm...
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📢Introducing our brand new app fisheriesXplorer!
Our fisheries overviews data as live, navigable visuals and downloadable datasets.
Find data on fishing activities in each ICES ecoregion: catches, bycatch, discards, fleet interactions and more.
Ready to Xplore? www.ices.dk/data/assessm...
Our fisheries overviews data as live, navigable visuals and downloadable datasets.
Find data on fishing activities in each ICES ecoregion: catches, bycatch, discards, fleet interactions and more.
Ready to Xplore? www.ices.dk/data/assessm...
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We set out to investigate polygenic footprints of altitude adaptation in a moth species, but instead we uncovered a major selective sweep at genes often associated with insecticide resistance @prrnhd.bsky.social @schifanoalexandre.bsky.social @mgda76.bsky.social @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social
A major selective sweep likely linked to insecticide resistance identified along altitudinal gradients in the pine processionary moth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.24.690095v1
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We set out to investigate polygenic footprints of altitude adaptation in a moth species, but instead we uncovered a major selective sweep at genes often associated with insecticide resistance @prrnhd.bsky.social @schifanoalexandre.bsky.social @mgda76.bsky.social @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social
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I am excited to be a part of my first ever mammal paper!!
Anyone working deer should check our new resource out and see if this panel could work for you!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Anyone working deer should check our new resource out and see if this panel could work for you!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Development of High‐Throughput Genomic Resources to Inform White‐Tailed Deer Population and Disease Management
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are the most abundant and widespread cervid in North America. Genetic data are used as a tool to monitor populations and make management decisions for this ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I am excited to be a part of my first ever mammal paper!!
Anyone working deer should check our new resource out and see if this panel could work for you!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Anyone working deer should check our new resource out and see if this panel could work for you!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Super happy to share the *first* lab publication. Out today in Molecular Ecology - a review of methods used to identify repeated adaptation using genomic data (1)
Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Super happy to share the *first* lab publication. Out today in Molecular Ecology - a review of methods used to identify repeated adaptation using genomic data (1)
Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Very pleased to see this one out. Unexpected and fascinating finding. I look forward to follow-up on this story 😁
Roussel, Suh, @fjruizruano.bsky.social & @amdioncote.bsky.social characterized TE content in naturally occurring killifish hybrids, finding higher TE load and accumulation of Neptune subfamilies in hybrids.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf266
#evobio #molbio #TEsky
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf266
#evobio #molbio #TEsky
Accumulation of a Biparentally Inherited Neptune Transposable Element in Natural Killifish Hybrids (Fundulus diaphanus × F. heteroclitus)
Abstract. Transposable elements (TEs) are abundant selfish genetic elements that can mobilize in their host genome, causing DNA damage, mutations, and chro
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Very pleased to see this one out. Unexpected and fascinating finding. I look forward to follow-up on this story 😁
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We have just published a landmark article on genetic diversity and global biodiversity policy, focusing on the CBD. We aim to help researchers, practitioners, & other interested parties understand the KMGBF and achieve its commitments. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Adopted in December 2022, the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity outlines a visionary road map guiding humanity's relationship wit...
www.annualreviews.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We have just published a landmark article on genetic diversity and global biodiversity policy, focusing on the CBD. We aim to help researchers, practitioners, & other interested parties understand the KMGBF and achieve its commitments. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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This report just posted addresses one of the biggest questions that countries always ask about the genetic diversity indicators: how often and how much monitoring is needed for the Ne500 indicator, in realistic situations? ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @katherinehebert.bsky.social
How much monitoring is needed to reliably track progress towards genetic diversity targets?
ecoevorxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This report just posted addresses one of the biggest questions that countries always ask about the genetic diversity indicators: how often and how much monitoring is needed for the Ne500 indicator, in realistic situations? ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @katherinehebert.bsky.social
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🌊Hot off the press
Understanding human pressures in the Central Arctic Ocean
ICES CRR 361 Ecosystem assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean: Description of human activities, its pressures, & vulnerability of the ecosystem
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@arcticcouncil.bsky.social
@picesmarinesci.bsky.social
Understanding human pressures in the Central Arctic Ocean
ICES CRR 361 Ecosystem assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean: Description of human activities, its pressures, & vulnerability of the ecosystem
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@arcticcouncil.bsky.social
@picesmarinesci.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🌊Hot off the press
Understanding human pressures in the Central Arctic Ocean
ICES CRR 361 Ecosystem assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean: Description of human activities, its pressures, & vulnerability of the ecosystem
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@arcticcouncil.bsky.social
@picesmarinesci.bsky.social
Understanding human pressures in the Central Arctic Ocean
ICES CRR 361 Ecosystem assessment of the Central Arctic Ocean: Description of human activities, its pressures, & vulnerability of the ecosystem
doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@arcticcouncil.bsky.social
@picesmarinesci.bsky.social
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We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hybrids Along a Natural‐Anthropogenic Gradient: Improving Policy and Management Across All Levels of Biodiversity
Hybridization has long been a central topic in evolution and conservation. Recent developments in genomics have increased the ability to detect hybridization, defined here as breeding between species....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.”
We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Great thread. Can’t wait to read this paper!
Two weeks ago now @jennytung.bsky.social and I published a new review in Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, entitled “Evolutionary genetics meets ecological immunology: insights into the evolution of immune systems.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread below...
A thread below...
Evolutionary genetics meets ecological immunology: insights into the evolution of immune systems
Immune genes show remarkably consistent evidence of selection, modification, and diversification across the tree of life. Parasites are a key force in…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Great thread. Can’t wait to read this paper!
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Changing Views on Speciation. Molecular Ecology e70175. doi.org/10.1111/mec....
Changing Views on Speciation
Our understanding of speciation processes is constantly changing. Two important concepts that have influenced thinking over the long term are the isolation and the genic views of speciation. However,...
doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Changing Views on Speciation. Molecular Ecology e70175. doi.org/10.1111/mec....
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There are no remote regions in a globalized world. The Antarctic region (ice-free peninsula, coastal waters, & surrounding islands) has been invaded by ~200 species of plants, animals, & microbes. Antarctica is connected to the world by global ship traffic. #bioinvasions
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
There are no remote regions in a globalized world. The Antarctic region (ice-free peninsula, coastal waters, & surrounding islands) has been invaded by ~200 species of plants, animals, & microbes. Antarctica is connected to the world by global ship traffic. #bioinvasions
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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An early Triassic bone bed excavated at 78°N changes the story about how marine life recovered after the most cataclysmic extinction in Earth history ~252 million years ago.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
An early Triassic bone bed excavated at 78°N changes the story about how marine life recovered after the most cataclysmic extinction in Earth history ~252 million years ago.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/48bLsGI
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We are recruiting a PhD student to work on the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in lampreys. If you are interested in population genomics, hybrid zones & structural variants in a super cool primitive vertebrate, feel free to contact me. Details - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
Leveraging wild hybrids to map the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in a primitive vertebrate.
iapetus.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on the genomic mechanisms of life-history variation in lampreys. If you are interested in population genomics, hybrid zones & structural variants in a super cool primitive vertebrate, feel free to contact me. Details - iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
Join Us
The lab of Nina Overgaard Therkildsen in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University invites applications for a PhD position starting in Fall 2026. Our group works...
www.therkildsenlab.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Excited to recruit a new PhD student for Fall 2026 in my lab at Cornell! Looking for someone interested in evolutionary genomics + fisheries/conservation applications. Quick timeline this year—reach out soon. More details: www.therkildsenlab.org/join-us.html
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🚨Advice release - mixed-fisheries
ICES considerations on mixed-fisheries for the Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea have been published today
🐟Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Celtic Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Greater North Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@ec.europa.eu
ICES considerations on mixed-fisheries for the Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea have been published today
🐟Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Celtic Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Greater North Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🚨Advice release - mixed-fisheries
ICES considerations on mixed-fisheries for the Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea have been published today
🐟Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Celtic Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Greater North Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@ec.europa.eu
ICES considerations on mixed-fisheries for the Bay of Biscay, Celtic Seas, and Greater North Sea have been published today
🐟Bay of Biscay doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Celtic Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
🐟Greater North Sea doi.org/10.17895/ice...
@ec.europa.eu
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I'm excited to read this paper: "Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles" doi.org/10.1093/evol...
Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles
Abstract. Genetic offset models have become a popular component of the landscape genetics toolbox, with over 600 peer-reviewed publications applying these
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm excited to read this paper: "Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles" doi.org/10.1093/evol...