Corina Logan (she/her)<p>Great-tailed grackles in a <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a> toward the northern edge of their <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/range" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>range</span></a> (Sacramento/Woodland, California) were less <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/related" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>related</span></a> to each other, which means that they <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/dispersed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dispersed</span></a> farther from where they hatched 🐣 than grackles in a population nearer the center of their range (Tempe, Arizona).</p><p>In particular, females in Arizona stay closer to home 🏡 than males, while females in California disperse farther away from home ✈️ like the males do. To keep pushing the edge of the geographic range further, both males and females must be present so they can breed in the new areas. </p><p>Now we know that there are 2 things that are different about the grackles on the edge: they are more <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/persistent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persistent</span></a> and they disperse farther from where they hatched (especially the females)</p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@DieterLukas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DieterLukas</span></a></span> for leading this article on grackle genetics and dispersal! <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TheGrackleProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGrackleProject</span></a></p><p>📰 Press release: <a href="https://www.mpg.de/25179774/0811-evan-exploration-and-dispersal-150495-x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mpg.de/25179774/0811-evan-expl</span><span class="invisible">oration-and-dispersal-150495-x</span></a><br>📎 Article: <a href="https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.591" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.591</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>