CarterLab

Carter Lab at CSULB

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@VenusAbrahim @DrRobDavidson I teach statistics and evolutionary biology at Calstate Long Beach. :)

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@MichaelCoudrey @realDonaldTrump But they excluded data from 6 subjects because 3 had to go to the ICU and 1 DIED (none of the control subjects had issues).

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@adapmolevol So happy to see others looking at this topic as well.
My paper from 2011 is here: https://t.co/79ltr2xO8Y

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@Loose_Lab_Rat Here's my paper about its relevance in human disease:
https://t.co/79ltr2xO8Y

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@JMolEvo Good to see others looking at this too :)
https://t.co/79ltr2xO8Y
#antagonisticpleiotropy #disease #genetics

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Carter Lab publication: Inbreeding decreases promiscuity in Drosophila melanogaster females.
https://t.co/OPQN17pF9V
#Carterlab #matechoice #evolution #drosophila #inbreeding #sexualselection #flies #matingbehavior #homozygosity #promiscuity #drosophila #dolphin

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Carter Lab publication: An analysis of discrepancies between United Kingdom cancer research funding and societal burden with a comparison to previous values and United States values.
https://t.co/BcfXvVAbPX
#Carterlab #economics #medicine #healthpolicy #cancerresearch #cancer

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Carter Lab publication: Influence of Inbreeding on Female Mate Choice in Two Species of Drosophila.
Spoiler: inbreeding does matter to flies.
https://t.co/BE7itDo1Ie
#Carterlab #matechoice #evolution #drosophila #inbreeding #sexualselection #flies #matingbehavior #homozygosity

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Carter Lab publication: A comparison of cancer burden and research spending reveals discrepancies in the distribution of research funding.
https://t.co/wYrkjQHYr9
#Carterlab #economics #medicine #healthpolicy #cancerresearch #cancer #NIH #findingacure #BMCpublichealth #fuckcancer

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Carter Lab publication: Antagonistic pleiotropy as a widespread mechanism for the maintenance of polymorphic disease alleles.
https://t.co/79ltr2xO8Y
#Carterlab #pleiotropy #antagonisticpleiotropy #evolutionarymedicine #medicine #geneticdisease #evolution #senescence #sicklecell

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Carter Lab publication: Artificial selection reveals heritable variation for developmental instability.
Spoiler: selection changed fluctuating asymmetry.
https://t.co/1P1hxcQF6A
#Carterlab #FA #fluctuatingasymmetry #evolution #drosophila #evolvability #artificialselection #wings

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Carter Lab publication: Evolution of variation and variability under fluctuating, stabilizing, and disruptive selection.
https://t.co/x6KK3kycew
#Carterlab #DA #directionalasymmetry #FA #fluctuatingasymmetry #evolution #drosophila #evolvability #artificialselection #canalization

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Carter Lab publication: Heritability of directional asymmetry in Drosophila melanogaster.
Spoiler: DA unchanged by 15 generations of selection :)
https://t.co/HW16pvPFQn
#Carterlab #DA #directionalasymmetry #evolution #drosophila #evolvability #artificialselection #heritability

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Carter Lab publication: The effect of inbreeding on fluctuating asymmetry of wing veins in two laboratory strains of Drosophila melanogaster.
Spoiler: FA increased :)
https://t.co/N9Pvo2Dol5
#Carterlab #FA #fluctuatingasymmetry #evolution #drosophila #inbreeding #development

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Carter Lab publication: Evolution of genetic architecture under directional selection.
Using theory and simulations to model effects of epistasis on selection response.
https://t.co/kXS6GiqYff
#Carterlab #populationgenetics #popgen #epistasis #selection #evolution #evolvability

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Carter Lab publication: On adaptive accuracy and precision in natural populations.
FA data suggesting natural selection to improve developmental precision is important.
https://t.co/SStSUKjqnK
#Carterlab #FA #fluctuatingasymmetry #developmentalstability #evolution #evolvability

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Carter Lab publication: The role of epistatic gene interactions in the response to selection and the evolution of evolvability.
https://t.co/8DBMZgG9xE
#Carterlab #epistasis #theoreticalbiology #popgen #evolution #populationgenetics #evolvability #mathematicalbiology #math #TPB

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Carter Lab publication: Response of fluctuating and directional asymmetry to selection on wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster.
https://t.co/biO78S7Nx5
#Carterlab #Drosophila #experimentalevolution #artificialselection #evolution #fluctuatingasymmetry #FA #wings #morphometrics

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Carter Lab publication: Automated measurement of Drosophila Wings.
This describes a system to take digital images of Drosophila Wings and two applications.
https://t.co/AE0Mwdtjre
#Carterlab #Drosophila #imageJ #morphometrics #experimentalevolution #artificialselection #evolution

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Carter Lab publication: Evolution of functionally conserved enhancers can be accelerated in large population: a population genetic model.
https://t.co/dpIQefyqLd
#carterlab #compensatoryevolution #populationgenetics #popgen #tunneling #molecularevolution