Jamie Alfieri

Interested in everything eeb and using genomics to find solutions to environmental problems.

[Stephen Turner 🦋 @stephenturner.us @strnr]

The genetic foundations of convergent traits https://t.co/iAOUX1yAKe (free: https://t.co/TpMny8ddvv) 🧬💻🧪

[bioRxiv Evobio @biorxiv_evobio]

Neo-sex chromosomes are not correlated with ecology or environment in eutherian mammals https://t.co/Hxpfk0J947 #biorxiv_evobio

[Santi Ron @santiak]

Oportunidad para hacer tu tesis de maestría Biología-PUCE en Galápagos

[Heng Li @lh3lh3]

Now preprinted at https://t.co/ffgwN8NC11

[bioRxiv Evobio @biorxiv_evobio]

Molecular adaptation reflects taxon-specific mutational biases https://t.co/vKKZyZJVxc #biorxiv_evobio

[Bohao Fang @fangbohao]

Our new preprint @ScottVEdwards1🧬🐦 Long-read genomes show songbird germline-restricted chromosomes (GRCs; expelled from somatic cells) are 70 % repeats and packed with active LTR retroviruses. A hidden reservoir for TE-driven innovation/diversification! https://t.co/TzW4QOz50C

[Dr. Laura Bertola @LauraDBertola]

Can genomic analysis actually estimate past population size?
https://t.co/MNOrtXqPGR

[Bohao Fang @fangbohao]

Thrilled to share that our new paper is now live in @PNASNews! https://t.co/rBpOSMUcnX

[PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology]

How and why does #SexualSelection vary geographically? @ra_barber @ja_tobias &co study 10,671 #bird species, revealing that avian sexual selection varies latitudinally, is explained by temperature seasonality & other #climate-related factors #PLOSBiology https://t.co/JTgE7ndIDG

[Shinichi Nakagawa | 中川震一 @itchyshin]

it comes with an webpage showing how to conduct phylogenetic multilevel meta-analysis for how to do #MetaAnalysis for this kind of multi-species data set collected across the globe - https://t.co/jRZH7KKCWe

[C. Brandon Ogbunu @big_data_kane]

"The importance of epistasis in the evolution of viral pathogens" (w/@NathanGrubaugh, others)

We review a broad virus literature w/respect to the sort of epistasis identified.

We argue that epistasis should be a central feature of genomic epidemiology.
https://t.co/UvFlNenvi8

[Nicolás Mongiardino Koch @phyloprog]

The chronospace R package is now published!! I hope it'll provide useful tools for visualizing and exploring sensitivity in estimates of divergence times. A really fun project with lifelong friend @millacarmonia

https://t.co/bf3teu0ina

[Kazuhiro Maeshima @kazu_maeshima]

Excited to share our new paper @NatureComms.
https://t.co/RsRQ5F02Bt
Single-nucleosome imaging reveals that condensins act as molecular crosslinkers, locally constraining nucleosomes to organize mitotic chromosomes. Nucleosome-nucleosome interactions constrain whole chromosomes.

[Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten]

"Here, we report a broad survey of plasmids from hundreds of academic and industrial labs worldwide. We show that nearly half of them contained design and/or sequence errors."

Trust nothing; validate everything.

https://t.co/B1wn3GLte5

[Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids 🦆🧬 @Jente_O]

Contemporary intergeneric hybridization and backcrossing among birds-of-paradise | Evolution Letters
https://t.co/OER3aG4pdo

#ornithology

[Elisabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest]

Published today:

Finding the truth in science

In a ‘publish or perish’ culture, some scientists may resort to questionable research practices or even fraud.

https://t.co/9cxlB4VXnk

[Hassan uz-Zaman Shamol @HassanZaman91]

The first paper from my PhD work is out: Never-before-seen transcripts emerged in a Long-Term Evolution Experiment by recruiting existing promoters (in as little as 2 years).

It’s been an absolute honor to see scientists whom I’ve looked up to for years retweeting this!

[Jamie Alfieri @JamieNaturalist]

Citing a paper from the 1700s (or earlier) is one of the biggest flexes you can make