wormsrock.bsky.social
Evolutionary zoology & quantitative genetics
Biology Professor, New York University
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Truly an incredible resource!
(Also, what the heck, sc22?)
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Wow! Spectacular!
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This article is delightful, and spot on, and so bittersweet
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This video of a very different Brazilian bryozoan is one of my favorite things
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There's loads more molecular population genetics and quantitative genetics in the paper, which represents (imho) the most rigorous factorial analysis of mitonuclear epistasis to date. It's nice to work with terrific people!
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Are mitochondrial genomes and their nuclear partners coadapted? Sometimes! But maybe not as much as we'd have guessed.
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Tuc used a worm genetics trick to move mt genomes among nuclear backgrounds, generating hundreds of new strains with new combinations of mt and nuclear genomes. Then he measured the worms in 6 different environments. It turns out mitonuclear epistasis is everywhere and consequential.
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With genomes of >500 C. elegans isolates (from EC Andersen's CaeNDR), Tuc found that mitochondria fall into eight groups that are roughly concordant with structure in the nuclear genome. But the mt genome is teeming with variation, and tons of triallelic sites and sites with many mutations.
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📢THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY SOUNDS LIKE! 📢
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Oh no! I’m so sorry!
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Ratio
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Congratulations!
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We’re so far past this Chuck Schumer. I am begging you to represent your constituents, like me, whose government is already shut down. This is your only point of leverage and it’s a disgusting racist CR besides. Vote no on cloture senator. You’re the opposition: oppose!
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The placement of "trans issues" here is, without exaggeration, one of the most depraved things I've ever seen in the pages of this publication.
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I’m in this exact situation too. It’s not great!
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Application deadline is March 31. The symposium is June 5. This program is part of our ongoing effort to develop and maintain a diverse and inclusive community of scholars. We're not obeying in advance, and we're not obeying later either!
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Signed jointly by the provost and the chief research officer
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I don’t think this can be the explanation— the EO text here refers to DEI programs that violate federal law, and every university should be able to certify that they’re in compliance. I don’t think any new relevant federal laws emerged in the last few days.