ebablab.bsky.social
Associate Prof of evolutionary neurobiology and behaviour at the University of Bristol, Research Associate at STRI, AE at Proc Roy Soc B and J Evol Biol. I like brains. Rejoin 🇪🇺
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Same in Bristol!
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I appreciate you guys have bigger worries!
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Got a PB (an unimpressive one, but still)
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I wasn’t referring to the US, the article and comment is about the current situation in the UK.
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I think that matters if your definition of co-evolution includes a causative effect of selection. You can of course get co-evolution through phylogenetic inertia, but that wouldn’t be an adaptive process… so it goes back to whether or not you care about that for your question.
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I think it is a base assumption for any comparative analysis, as more closely related species are expected to be more similar, in the absence of divergent selection. Removing phylogenetic effects allows you to parse out those two effects.
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agree its question dependent, my take would just be that if you want to rule out associations simply due to phylogenetic inertia then you should try to remove those effects. Otherwise associations due to common descent will always be a caveat for other interpretations.But that may not always matter!
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I think it depends on whether your question is about adaptive processes, no? If it is, I think you need to remove the effects of shared ancestry from an association.
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6/10 boss đź‘Ť
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Time will tell I guess
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Good things come to those who wait… wait and nag. Nag a lot.
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Looks amazing, congrats Cedric and team!
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Cc @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social đź‘€
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Awesome, congrats Tom! 👏🏻
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Yeah, I see. Different system here, but plenty of sympathy from this side of the pond for everyone trying to keep things afloat…
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Maybe another important question then is how you asses candidates for more senior positions (postgrads etc) without being prejudiced against those that don’t have this experience?
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This looks awesome!
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Cool stuff! 👏🏻
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Vulnerable even without brexit, China and others were not going to outsource higher education forever, and when everyone is competing for the same markets, not everyone can win