Today's UKHSA "variants of concern" report calculates that BA.2 has a growth advantage of 126% over the original Omicron strain plus lots of other detail
https://t.co/Ql3rey1hG1
I'll say it again: the daily case counts are a *very* good guide to the actual situation.
(No, I've not touched a single damn thing in the historical ratio; it comes out like this).
Median R-value across England is 0.67 for week ending 14th January
Highest rates still in Middlesbrough, Sunderland & South Tyneside, all on 1.8%
But 37% of 12+ haven't had a booster, so still potential for #Omicron to grow if mixing returns to normal
https://t.co/idXHMUTzIB
⚠️please RT
2 #postdoc positions open in our group @CamZoology to study #localadaptation in humans
software-driven:
https://t.co/ncCfy5eXFX
analyses-driven:
https://t.co/XT2vB8w92c
A great opportunity to join our group! https://t.co/nnJLFiyqhb
#popgen#jobalert#AcademicTwitter
Thanks to the @guardian for featuring our paper on how climate affected body and brain size evolution in Homo!
@MW_hominin @mkrapp3000 @JayTStock
original study ➡️ https://t.co/IXUJTXvnY8 @natcomms
🚨🚨 @EleanorFMiller et al show trends from 2 classic popsize reconstr methods (#BSP & #SDM) don't correlate (tested on ~100 spp). Consider factors like pop density changes, interpret such methods carefully & use multiple lines of evidence! https://t.co/9k3kwWmb7S #PopGen#ConGen
Birds exhibit a tremendous diversity of migration patterns, but what determines their seasonal destinations? Our latest #openaccess research in @Ecology_Letters examines the role of energetic optimality in driving avian migratory connectivity: https://t.co/Vts0UxGYjI 🐦
#Postdoc Johanna Paijmans' recent work uses #aDNA and #fossil data to estimate the dwarfing rate of an #extinct Sicilian #dwarf#elephant. The #island species likely #evolved from one of the largest terrestrial #mammals to < 20% of its original mass! https://t.co/QqanXK8yWu
Getting close to the start of it all: our archaeozoological and genomic analysis of 10,000 yr old goats from the Zagros Mountains https://t.co/E64XmOVaG7
Huge congratulations to EEG's Dr. @caitlinfrankish on passing her PhD viva! A fantastic milestone after a lot of hard work. Enjoy the celebrations! #PhDone#phdlife
Patterns of pop. differentiation are often attributed to distinct glacial refugia. Yet @EleanorFMiller et al. show observed gen. diversity in the Yellow Warbler resulted from asymmetric expansion from a single cohesive range. Range dynamics are important! https://t.co/L1huPKbByG
#newpaper! How can we assess the status of data-limited populations? Our @CatHorswill @DrManica et al use life-history theory to reconstruct missing values and show how these can improve population assessments of #threatenedspecies. #ornithology#seabirds https://t.co/7wyshbulsy
So happy to see our paper out in @ELSforensics FSI: Genetics. We investigated patterns of illegal translocations and made available the first toolkit to assist forensic genetic applications for Hermann’s tortoises.
#tortoises#forensic#illegaltrade
https://t.co/oQGDKESBof