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Latest breakthrough！ B10K project has published avian's family-level species tree. In this study, the affinities of birds are rearranged, Neornithae were divided into 4 groups, including the newly proposed group ‘elementaves’. New evidence from time estimate studies provides support for the ‘big bang’ scenario.

Source：Stiller, J. et al. Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes. Nature 1–3 (2024) doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1.

Published: 02 April 24
Present genes telling ancient stories —— we have found a 21Mb region of neoavian genomes showing a consistent history for the first divergence among Neoaves circa 65 Mya.

Source：Mirarab, S. et al. A region of suppressed recombination misleads neoavian phylogenomics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, e2319506121 (2024).

Published: 02 April 24
By comparing historical, prebottleneck (130+ years old) and modern genomes of t he Seychelles paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina), the study showed a dramatic population size and genetic diversity decline during the inbreed conservation program. Although it escaped extinction, genomic analysis suggests that the species isn’t out of the woods yet. The study was published in Molecular Biology and Evolution on November 23 2023.

Source：G. Femerling. et al. 2023. Genetic Load and Adaptive Potential of a Recovered Avian Species that Narrowly Avoided Extinction. Mol Biol Evol 40, 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad256

Published: 23 November 23
We have identified direct and indirect effects of key traits representing dispersal, reproduction and survival on long-term demographic responses to climate change, thereby highlighting traits most likely to influence population responses to ongoing climate warming. The study was published in Nature Ecology & Evolution on April 27 2023.

Source：R. R. Germain. et al. 2023. Species-specific traits mediate avian demographic responses under past climate change. Nat Ecol Evol. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02055-3

Published: 27 April 23
B10K announces the completion of its second milestone—the release of genomes representing 92% of all bird families in Nature on 12th November 2020 as cover story. In this study, researchers reported the genomes of for 363 bird species including 267 new genomes, established a new pipeline to analyze the unprecedented scale of genomic data, and illustrated how these resources give improved resolution on genomic evolution analyses. The study was published in Nature on November 11 2020.

Source：S. Feng. et al. 2020. Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. Nature 587. 252. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2873-9

Published: 11 November 20
We have sequenced the genomes of all extant penguin species. The comparative analyses revealed the key evolutionary changes that contributed to the secondary transition from land to aquatic environment in early penguins and their adaptation to the antarctica environments. The study was published in Nature Communications on July 19 2022.

Source：T. L. Cole. et al. 2022. Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins. Nat Commun 13, 3912. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31508-9

Published: 19 July 22
We welcome Daniel Bilyeli Øksnebjerg joined the centre to coordinate the B10K sample collection.

Source：https://globe.ku.dk/staff-list/hologenomics/?id=462122&vis=medarbejder

Published: 01 August 20
We hosted the 2nd B10K Consortium Workshop in Copenhagen with approximately 60 participants attending both online and offline. The conference centered around a series of discussions on utilizing whole-genome data from large-scale bird species to address fundamental scientific questions regarding bird evolution and diversification processes.

Source：We hosted the 2nd B10K Consortium Workshop in Copenhagen with approximately 60 participants attending both online and offline. The conference centered around a series of discussions on utilizing whole-genome data from large-scale bird species to address fundamental scientific questions regarding bird evolution and diversification processes.

Published: 17 February 20
Using whole genome sequencing of contemporary and historic crested ibis, our group explore how their genetic diversity has changed through time. Study is now published on Current Biology.

Source：S. Feng. et al. 2019. The genomic footprints of the fall and recovery of the crested ibis. Current Biology 29, 340. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.008

Published: 18 January 19
The study of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements which shed light on the evolution of flight feathers is published in Nature Communications today. This is a new paper from the B10K project.

Source：R. Seki. et al. 2017. Functional roles of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements on macroevolution of bird-specific features. Nature communications 8, 14229. DOI:10.1038/ncomms14229

Published: 08 March 24
The first B10K workshop was held in Beijing during 27-29th Oct, 2016.

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Published: 27 October 16
Using whole genome sequencing of contemporary and historic crested ibis, our group explore how their genetic diversity has changed through time. Study is now published on Current Biology.

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Published: 18 January 19
The study of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements which shed light on the evolution of flight feathers is published in Nature Communications today. This is a new paper from the B10K project.

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Published: 06 February 17
The first B10K workshop was held in Beijing during 27-29th Oct, 2016.

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Published: 27 October 16

The Bird 10,000 Genomes (B10K) Project is an initiative to generate representative draft genome sequences from all extant bird species. Based on the success of the previous ordinal level project , the project provided the first proof of concept in large-scale sequencing across a vertebrate class and a perspective on such discoveries that these genomes can make. The announcement of the B10K Project was published on 3rd June 2015 in Nature.

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Present genes telling ancient stories —— we have found a 21Mb region of neoavian genomes showing a consistent history for the first divergence among Neoaves circa 65 Mya.

We welcome Daniel Bilyeli Øksnebjerg joined the centre to coordinate the B10K sample collection.

Using whole genome sequencing of contemporary and historic crested ibis, our group explore how their genetic diversity has changed through time. Study is now published on Current Biology.

The study of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements which shed light on the evolution of flight feathers is published in Nature Communications today. This is a new paper from the B10K project.

The first B10K workshop was held in Beijing during 27-29th Oct, 2016.

Using whole genome sequencing of contemporary and historic crested ibis, our group explore how their genetic diversity has changed through time. Study is now published on Current Biology.

The study of Aves class-specific cis-regulatory elements which shed light on the evolution of flight feathers is published in Nature Communications today. This is a new paper from the B10K project.

The first B10K workshop was held in Beijing during 27-29th Oct, 2016.

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