Andrew Pomiankowski
@andrew_pom
Professor of Genetics, evolution, sex, sexual selection, sexes
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I've moved to Bluesky. Slowly blocking or unfollowing all X without prejudice. Twitter was good but less so now. Bluesky free of nonsense ATM, except plenty of bots.
JOB OPPORTUNITY. Research Fellow position in Prof Nick Lane’s group. Origin-of-life enthusiast, with a strong interest in life as a guide to its own origin. Closing date 6th Oct 2024 ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
Our new collaborative work in @ScienceMagazine led by @BackmanTalia between my lab @uclbiosciences @CloeFor @MPI_Bio @UCLLifeSciences & the Karasov Lab @UofUBiology (tkarasovlab.org) tinyurl.com/y85b2xn9
Check out our new review on the evolution of tailocins in @TrendsMicrobiol tinyurl.com/5665979b with @BackmanTalia and Talia Karasov (tkarasovlab.org) @uclbiosciences @CloeFor @UCLLifeSciences @UofUBiology
I would really appreciate retweets of this amazing PhD opportunity in a fabulous training network of European labs. Lots of opportunities for learning and travelling and networking. Deadline is end of June.
PhD opportunity @TelfordLab. Join the Pan-European ZooCELL Doctoral Network (zoocell.eu). Study evolution of animal sensory cells/larvae/life cycles. Learn cutting edge electron microscopy. Be part of a fantastic training network. Please RT. bit.ly/3Ur06Dj
Horn size is linked to Sertoli cell efficiency and sperm size homogeneity during sexual development in common eland (Taurotragus oryx) biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Boomers vs Millennials 💰 New research on #GenerationalWealth from Prof James Sefton unpicks the narrative that Boomers have benefited at the expense of Millennials & finds there may be more solidarity at play 🤝 Watch the full video: imprl.biz/3KseZiV #IBKnowledge
OK with LINK this time! Lectureship in Invertebrate Palaeontology at UCL. Please RT!! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
Locally adaptive inversions in structured populations | Genetics academic.oup.com/genetics/advan…
Postdoc Sexual Selection in stalk-eyed flies, Univ Sheffield and UCL, with Alison Wright @alielw jobs.ac.uk/job/DFW388/res…
"Mendel’s randomness: from allowing complex life to facilitating causal inference", 13th Feb, 3.45pm UK time, in person or on-line at @ucl with @AdamRutherford warm chardonnay to follow if in person (or buy your own warm chardonnay in advance if online) ucl.ac.uk/health-of-publ…
“Disappointingly little blood” John Maddox reviews the 1995 @LinneanSociety debate between John Maynard Smith and Stuart Kauffman for @Nature. nature.com/articles/37355…
R. A. Fisher obtained his famous sex-ratio argument from an earlier paper by J. A. Cobb, find out more in Notes and Records royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… #notesandrecords #twitterhistorians @drandygardner
John Maynard Smith — half a century ago — on population geneticists and calls that profound changes to evolutionary theory are imminent. From the Introduction of his 1972 book On Evolution (Edinburgh University Press) wellcomecollection.org/works/hjwu49pc…
The first paper from my PhD is out in @journal_evo: doi.org/10.1093/evolut…! Thanks to everyone who made it possible. Read the 🧵 below to discover how male stalk-eyed flies can cope with a drive gene that destroys half their sperm. #evolution #genedrive #spermcompetition
Meiotic drive does not impede success in sperm competition in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni academic.oup.com/evolut/article… A unique example in which destruction of half the sperm makes no difference in sperm competition @sadeb_biology @SBradshaw26 @fcamus
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Meiotic drive does not impede success in sperm competition in the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni
Abstract. Male X-linked meiotic drive systems, which cause the degeneration of Y-bearing sperm, are common in the Diptera. Sperm killing is typically assoc
Congratulations @zihengyang, very well deserved reward for your many, significant and diverse contributions the study of Molecular Evolution. (We are delighted to have you as a colleague in @CloeFor, @UCLLifeSciences, @uclbiosciences ).
Great story of @andrew_pom mistaking Richard Dawkins (who had just interviewed him for a place at New College, Oxford) for a fellow candidate. Brief Candle in the Dark (2015, pp 20-21)
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