Matt Rockman
@wormsrock.bsky.social
Evolutionary zoology & quantitative genetics
Biology Professor, New York University
Biology Professor, New York University
Reminds me of this amazing homeotic mutant I found on google streetview
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Reminds me of this amazing homeotic mutant I found on google streetview
A favorite:
What, If Anything, is a Rabbit? on JSTOR
Albert E. Wood, What, If Anything, is a Rabbit?, Evolution, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Dec., 1957), pp. 417-425
www.jstor.org
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A favorite:
Yeah, it's weird! Tim Crombie and @erikandersen.bsky.social & co. have characterized global C. elegans population genetics and the pattern is pretty clear. A key paper:
Deep sampling of Hawaiian Caenorhabditis elegans reveals high genetic diversity and admixture with global populations
Hawaiian Caenorhabditis elegans harbor high levels of genetic diversity that might represent the complex patterns of ancestral diversity in the species prior to human influence.
elifesciences.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yeah, it's weird! Tim Crombie and @erikandersen.bsky.social & co. have characterized global C. elegans population genetics and the pattern is pretty clear. A key paper:
Thanks! Africa is definitely undersampled. Modest efforts in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Cabo Verde, and a few other places have turned up the cosmopolitan species, but there are no doubt tons more endemics like C. afra in the rainforests.
September 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Thanks! Africa is definitely undersampled. Modest efforts in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Cabo Verde, and a few other places have turned up the cosmopolitan species, but there are no doubt tons more endemics like C. afra in the rainforests.