Walid Mawass

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(He/Him) Postdoc @uarizona; @UQTR alum. Evolutionary biology, quantitative and population genetics.

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Our latest preprint finds that a shortage of beneficial mutations does more to drive small populations extinct than mutational meltdown does. Explainers elsewhere @MawassWalid @JosephMatheson2 @Uliseshmc @JeremyJBerg https://t.co/iTaneJEeRI

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

SAVE THE DATE ➡️💻 On September 10, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, current representatives will answer your questions about the program and application in a webinar!

Register now: https://t.co/ycLNE8KvML

Join Anvita Kulshrestha, @PravruthaRaman, & @MawassWalid!

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

Join us September 10, at 3:00 p.m. EDT for a webinar featuring current ECLP representatives Anvita Kulshrestha, @PravruthaRaman, & @MawassWalid. They will answer questions about the Early Career Leadership Program & the application!

Register now: https://t.co/XWtMlSPJdQ

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@arguablywrong @JosephMatheson2 @gcochran99 @cremieuxrecueil Have to keep a sensible amount of humor when working with something like github.

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@JosephMatheson2 @arguablywrong @gcochran99 @cremieuxrecueil ...instead of increase in fixation of deleterious mutations (i.e. mutational meltdown). We found that it mostly depends on the mean of the DFE of the beneficial mutations. We are also looking into running sims with pops crashing from 10K to 1K for ex.

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@JosephMatheson2 @arguablywrong @gcochran99 @cremieuxrecueil Yeah, I've been looking at the case in small population sizes, so less < 10k. I do find evidence that there are realistic regimes where a decreasing population is driven into a mutation-driven extinction vortex due to a shortage of beneficial (compensatory) mutations...

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

Next Twitch stream just dropped! Come hang out at 3 p.m. tomorrow with us and @MawassWalid

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@SashaGusevPosts You should make comic strips with these Sasha!!

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@Graham_Coop Thanks Graham for this important thread!

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@vsbuffalo Good thread Vince! As you've said, a correlation that varies with genetic relatedness is not evidence of genetic cause given that this correlation can be both transient and do some environmental or demographic processes. Plus, testing non-genetic models for fit with data matters.

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@sauve_drew Excellent, Drew! I'll be there!

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@nashintasapaino @JimCostaHBS I also enjoyed this talk so much! Great way to start #Evolution2023

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@LukeAnderTroc Congrats Luke! Great work!!!

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@sauve_drew Congrats Drew! Can't wait to check out your work.

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@DrMikeWiser You could never go wrong with a PC given the games you cited.

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@pastramimachine Have you heard him on the Liquid Tension Experiment? The man is crazy!

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@pastramimachine Going to have to wait to see what the Supreme Court thinks of this first!

[Kaushal K Bhati @Kaushal_Bhati]

Hi community, reaching out for help. At @GeneticsGSA ECLP, we're onto something (curtain-raiser soon!)
Plz tell us abt your favorite scientist (academia/industry) who is an inspiring leader. Someone who could spill secrets of leadership for community
Tag them here/DM me
RT plz

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@rlmcelreath @vsbuffalo Great point to bring up!

[Walid Mawass @MawassWalid]

@pastramimachine I need a pre-order as well when you get it set up!