Tyler Kent
@tylervkent.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University of Chicago Ecology & Evolution
Evolutionary genomics mostly
Evolutionary genomics mostly
and now I can't look away from the putative centromere
July 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
and now I can't look away from the putative centromere
How I imagine @klohmueller.bsky.social's lab this week
posting to biorxiv
posting to biorxiv
May 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How I imagine @klohmueller.bsky.social's lab this week
posting to biorxiv
posting to biorxiv
...and we find evidence for a combination of the demography, a subtle decrease in the efficacy of selection, and increased homozygosity resulting in a simultaneous increase in genetic load and purging of strongly deleterious mutations in the Americas
April 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
...and we find evidence for a combination of the demography, a subtle decrease in the efficacy of selection, and increased homozygosity resulting in a simultaneous increase in genetic load and purging of strongly deleterious mutations in the Americas
Despite deep introduction bottlenecks, American populations of aegypti retain high overall genetic diversity (2% at 4-fold sites, down from 3-3.5% in Africa), but we looked a bit closer...
April 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Despite deep introduction bottlenecks, American populations of aegypti retain high overall genetic diversity (2% at 4-fold sites, down from 3-3.5% in Africa), but we looked a bit closer...
We infer deep ancestral splits among lineages, ancestral gene flow, and recent isolation, suggesting the introduced lineages of aegypti are likely descendants of multiple introductions that sorted ancestries of human-adapted African populations diverged for thousands of years
April 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We infer deep ancestral splits among lineages, ancestral gene flow, and recent isolation, suggesting the introduced lineages of aegypti are likely descendants of multiple introductions that sorted ancestries of human-adapted African populations diverged for thousands of years
University of Chicago is asking researchers to halt purchases, starting new experiments, and travel in light of the federal pause on grants
January 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
University of Chicago is asking researchers to halt purchases, starting new experiments, and travel in light of the federal pause on grants
What stage of imposter syndrome is this
December 4, 2024 at 8:10 PM
What stage of imposter syndrome is this
First snow of the season here at UChicago
November 21, 2024 at 6:50 PM
First snow of the season here at UChicago
Beautiful day in the city
November 10, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Beautiful day in the city
Storm advancing over Chicago’s Promontory Point
August 28, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Storm advancing over Chicago’s Promontory Point
Spring in Vancouver 🌸
March 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Spring in Vancouver 🌸
There's a whale out there somewhere
January 11, 2024 at 11:31 PM
There's a whale out there somewhere
wasn't you surprisingly
January 4, 2024 at 1:24 AM
wasn't you surprisingly
this unfortunately wasn't 3 hours of northern flicker sounds. I don't know what I'm paying for
December 12, 2023 at 10:55 PM
this unfortunately wasn't 3 hours of northern flicker sounds. I don't know what I'm paying for
Enjoyed a bit of a homecoming visiting @jrossibarra.bsky.social and lab in Davis last month. It had evidently been a while
December 7, 2023 at 10:54 PM
Enjoyed a bit of a homecoming visiting @jrossibarra.bsky.social and lab in Davis last month. It had evidently been a while
Back home for a couple weeks
November 9, 2023 at 7:05 PM
Back home for a couple weeks
Borrowed a dog this weekend and hiked 17km. 10/10 would recommend
September 18, 2023 at 7:17 AM
Borrowed a dog this weekend and hiked 17km. 10/10 would recommend