https://www.coldrein.org/news daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://www.coldrein.org/news/genomic-adaptations-paper-published monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1755254917934-1SWBK6NN0AQOC0WLGFOZ/fig1.png News - Genomic distinctions of Svalbard reindeer - Sample distribution and phenotypes of Rangifer tarandus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1755254917750-6NI5ZI1Z2HQNFC1WWTMK/fig4.png News - Genomic distinctions of Svalbard reindeer - Discriminant analysis of principal components (DAPC) based on copy number variants (CNVs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1755254918965-SSOP6BKKJ66ZY1J0EWYD/fig3.png News - Genomic distinctions of Svalbard reindeer - Genome scans of selection using the population branch statistic (PBS) and neutrality tests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1755254919104-748N9TL529RCTSS8UJLZ/fig2.png News - Genomic distinctions of Svalbard reindeer - Population structure for the 62 reindeer genomes analyzed. https://www.coldrein.org/news/genome-erosion-paper-published-pthlf-4lk48 monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1708426901054-R1A1I2VGEX0N8YN66EBK/fig1.jpg News - The origins of reindeer in Svalbard - Map of the Holarctic illustrating the two main hypotheses of reindeer colonisation routes to Svalbard The red arrows indicate the western route hypothesis, and the blue arrows indicate the eastern route hypothesis. Franz Josef Land is labelled as ‘FJL’ and Novaya Zemlya as ‘NVZ’. Additionally, the map includes close-ups of the three Eurasian Arctic archipelagos Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land and Svalbard. Present-day glaciation is shown in the close-ups. Arrows point out the biggest islands or structures of each archipelago. Black and orange dots point out the approximate known sampling locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1708426798147-0ZTEEAJWFKXJFO7BKGJM/fig2.jpg News - The origins of reindeer in Svalbard - Median-joining haplotype network inferred from 166 whole mitogenome sequences of reindeer The three main haplotype clusters (I–III) are circled in red, yellow and green, respectively. Cluster I and III = BEL and Cluster II = NAL. Each circle within the clusters represents a unique haplotype and its size reflects the number of individuals with that haplotype. Note that the branch length is not scaled to the number of substitutions and that the labels correspond to the first name of the individual with this haplotype appearing in the input file. Each small black circle indicates one nucleotide difference between haplotypes. Colour codes listed in the legend denote the geographic origin of the population. Fennoscandia combines the samples from Sweden, Finland and Norway. Geographic location abbreviation in sample names, SB: Svalbard; FJL: Franz Josef Land; R: Russia; NVZ: Novaya Zemlya; C: Canada; WG: Western Greenland; S: Sweden; N: Norway, F: Finland. Asterisks indicate ancient and historical samples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1708426738513-GMOWPAI1G5VM7Z4W0MMK/fig3.jpg News - The origins of reindeer in Svalbard - Bayesian phylogenetic tree based on 83 whole mitogenome sequences from modern, historical and ancient reindeer To facilitate the visualisation of the phylogeny, the number of Svalbard sequences was randomly reduced to a subset of 22 mitogenomes (i.e.; 11 historical and ancient and 11 modern ones). Asterisks indicate historical and ancient samples. Clades 1–7 are indicated with curly brackets. Clade 1 exclusively includes the individuals of the NAL lineage as indicated by a blue curly bracket and clades 2–7 include the individuals of the BEL lineage as indicated by a red curly bracket. Samples are coloured by geographical location as listed in the legend and labels include the subspecies. Major nodes are labelled alphabetically and their divergence times are listed as mean node age and 95% highest posterior density (HPD) given in thousands of years (ka) in the upper left corner. Posterior probability (PP) node support over 0.72 is indicated by black node circles. PP of the major nodes is > 0.9 except for nodes D and E (0.36 and 0.35 respectively). https://www.coldrein.org/news/genome-erosion-paper-published-pthlf monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1708077487104-OQ3L65C1ETQ7MHCWIIWE/Picture1.jpg News - The consequences of historical overhunting - Sampling locations on Svalbard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1708077486379-BHK9TR4GTW0H662ZFX5A/Picture3.jpg News - The consequences of historical overhunting - Individual genome-wide heterozygosity by time period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1708077486236-ERKMQRZ9B4FJ9ZBB27EY/Picture2.jpg News - The consequences of historical overhunting - Outlier genomic windows and their genes. https://www.coldrein.org/news/welcoming-a-new-team-member-axbpl monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://www.coldrein.org/news/genome-erosion-paper-published monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1695194026684-PN4MU5UGQ4WPG6NEC6BM/iScience_GA.jpg News - Genome erosion paper published - Dussex et al., 2023. Graphical abstract. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1695194153098-ZDF0U1SQYAEJOA61M5I1/iScience_fig1.jpg News - Genome erosion paper published - Dussex et al., 2023. Figure 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1695194337944-1NFV5X7DCYX1RFN20GQJ/Bart_Peeters_SR.jpg News - Genome erosion paper published - Photo by Bart Peeters. https://www.coldrein.org/news/first-paper-published monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1693304540478-2XGDNM2SVPZ4GX9NXJ47/Burnett+et+al+2023+fig1.jpg News - First project paper published - Burnett et al., 2023. Figure 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1693304679248-ZS6Z30LM2KJYWL5XSHVP/Burnett+et+al+2023+fig2.jpg News - First project paper published - Burnett et al., 2023. Figure 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1693304772588-J0O0JTHIDJCBTFQODRAI/Svalbardrein_HB.png News - First project paper published - Photo by Hamish Burnett. Adventdalen with North Isfjorden/reintroduced areas in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1699278580807-HAMOWYRDSLYN5H647Y9D/image.png News - First project paper published https://www.coldrein.org/news/coldrein-project-introduction monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://www.coldrein.org/news/2022-summer-field-campaign-completed monthly 0.5 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1660122837314-IEO5RA2XZT0YLJ3TDE0L/M22Edg1_IMG_3736.JPG News - 2022 field campaign update - Collecting a particularly old antler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1660122831817-3S23884VX2ZFYJXQ16BE/M22Edg3_IMG_3746.JPG News - 2022 field campaign update - Surveying promising antlers with the boat just offshore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/1660123226786-YXXOLP5K4GQB8RFTGJ7A/Mathilde+collecting+materials.jpeg News - 2022 field campaign update - Collecting bones on the run after a polar bear is spotted in the area https://www.coldrein.org/news/welcoming-a-new-team-member monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://www.coldrein.org/news/project-kicks-off monthly 0.5 2022-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6240f6156429813068fa8d3d/89663a68-f3f0-4e39-8f52-543462be9fb2/image+%282%29.jpg News - The work begins! - An antler lost in time on the Svalbard tundra. 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