Daohan "Rex" Jiang

Evolutionary biologist.
No longer posting here. Find me at:

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

I almost forgot this account...
Whether or not you're still using it, here's an update: my paper on M-matrix (w/ @mwpen) is published! Again, many thanks to @ArlinStoltzfus @TheDMMcC @JoannaMasel @jgschraiber for feedback!

https://t.co/EG9P1rOeLs

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

Here comes (new version of) my preprint w/ @mwpen on how hidden aspects of the mutational input not captured by the M-matrix affects the course of evolution!
https://t.co/DVTvZplwPt

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@mwpen @ribonucleicacid @MolSystBiol Full 🧵 introducing the study is here: https://t.co/IUb9iLcZNo

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It's official! My paper (with @mwpen & @ribonucleicacid) on the evolution of gene product diversity (RNA/protein expressed from this same gene having alternative isoforms) is now online at @MolSystBiol!
https://t.co/H9BVjxgOx9

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

I’m very much done with this app but here’s something for which I’m willing to come back & tweet…
Our paper on the evolution of gene is just accepted at @MolSystBiol !🥳
Final version coming soon!

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

Our new preprint is out! Thread🧵

Genetic and selective constraints on the optimization of gene product diversity https://t.co/7CrfHwdzoP

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

Also, many thanks to @ArlinStoltzfus @TheDMMcC @JoannaMasel @jgschraiber for thoughtful feedback 😊!

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

Here comes (new version of) my preprint w/ @mwpen on how hidden aspects of the mutational input not captured by the M-matrix affects the course of evolution!
https://t.co/DVTvZplwPt

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@TetZoo I meant unidentified mysterious animal (the acronym is created by Japanese lol)...anyway, I don't feel optimistic about their future (if they exist), whether they're marine or not...

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@HarmitMalik Let’s hope this isn’t the last one

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@chasewnelson Thank you for doing this!

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@TetZoo I’m having them decorate my new office space. They’re lovely and look nice along with other releases of the series 🦖

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@Sophiesaurus98 I can see why manufacturers of my childhood dinosaur toys couldn’t distinguish Spinosaurus & Dimetrodon🤣(don’t let them know the existence of Secodontosaurus)
pic by @satoshikawasaki I believe

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@SomniosusW @akonyka Not sure about the Psittacosaurus-like one. I know this genus has many species but idk if any one of them is found in Henan…

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@SomniosusW @akonyka The alvarezsaurid being Qiupanykus, hadrosaur being Zhanghenglong…

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@DocEdge85 Chance to teach them some logic/set theory (but how can a kid be so brutal🥲)

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@Beast_SculptKit @EonsShow Really wish to see more 1/35 scale figures to accompany my 1/35 T. rex, since I don't have much space for big ones...

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@jgschraiber If I’d feel bad about them in any way, it’s the fact that I brought them to the ruthless cyber world where the simulations take place. That’s the ultimate reason why they die, isn’t it?

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@jgschraiber I also think there are many things that can be considered both as “genetics” and “genomics”, and the choice of word is based on non-scientific reasons….😂

[Daohan "Rex" Jiang @EvolutionlordXY]

@jgschraiber One of the differences must be that “genomics” is used for bragging.