Population and evolutionary genetics @UCDavis. Posts, grammar, & spelling are my views only. He/him. #OA popgen book https://github.com/cooplab/popgen-notes/releases
Graham Coop
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Blue lobsters are very rare: 1 in 2 million by some estimates.
But SPLIT COLOR LOBSTERS are 1 in *50* million.
This lobster is a chimera of two fertilized eggs that fused together, with two distinct genomes: male on one side, female on the other.
(📷: Woods Hole Science Aquarium/NOAA Fisheries)
Still all quiet on the #NSF front. No new awards in the past week.
REMINDER: We still are hearing of trickles of terminations, suspensions, and money being held back from grantees, which NSF isn't reporting. We need your help - please report! 🧪
grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...
What sets the strikingly similar #mutation rates seen for certain animal cell types? In this Essay, @marcdemanuel.bsky.social , @mollyprz.bsky.social , @natanaels.bsky.social and Anastasia Stolyarova discuss how #selection may shape cellular mutation rate patterns🧪#AcademicSky
plos.io/4oDvrQR
does the eagle know its role in Prometheus's punishment or is it just showing up every day like "holy shit, free liver AGAIN??"
