Biologist who studies Paleoecology and Macroevolution. Asst Prof @CoeCollege
Beckley, WV
Joined October 2012
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No amphibians today live entirely in the sea. Which is weird. And probably has something to do with saltwater and their delicate skin.
But here's a fossil that might be a marine amphibian!
A potential evolutionary gamechanger. My thoughts for @Nature
go.nature.com/4zkZcKz
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What can we learn about a single rare variant?
Published today in Science: the @23andMeResearch Institute and Dana-Farber studied the EGFR T790M in 11M 23andMe research participants. The variant has OR = 25.2 for lung cancer, rising to 61.7 in never-smokers(!). 🧵
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Are any genes truly recessive? Great blog post from @jkpritch on Substack on a new article from his team.
substack.com/home/post/p-211…
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Link to original article:
Allele frequencies at recessive disease genes are mainly determined by pleiotropic effects in heterozygotes
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We've added to the website a free PDF of the Bayesian Workflow book (for non-commercial purposes, like research and exorcism). We put so much work into this book, hope you all find value in it. avehtari.github.io/Bayesian-…
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Proud to share our latest paper in out in @Nature today on the origin of #snakes. We present Tametara mirim, an articulated 3D preserved stem snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Look who's research is on the cover of the latest issue of The Anatomical Record! Our chameleon digital dissection by @AliceInEvoland @DrEloyGL and myself!
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A cool paper by @incisorial and colleagues with evidence of direct development of early tetrapods from the amazing Mazon Creek locality: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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🚨 New terrestrial croc paper alert!
Another study led by @paiva_als (PhD student I co-supervise with Max Langer) is out today in Palaeontology!
We revisit a classic question with new tools: how big were notosuchians, really? 🐊📏
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Art: @MirantaKouvari
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Roberto Márquez - Virginia Tech, USA 🐸
Webpage: biol.vt.edu/faculty/Marquez.…
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Spectral requirements for cooperation biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… #biorxiv_evobio
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NCSE sends congratulations to Neil Shubin on winning the Stephen Jay Gould Prize! ncse.ngo/congratulations-nei…
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Evolution colleagues: please consider to send in a proposal for an article to our forthcoming theme issue in @MethodsEcolEvol on "Time-dependency in micro- and macroevolutionary rates".
Deadline for title + Abstract May 1, full article October 31 2026:
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
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The last chapter of my PhD thesis has been finally published! We describe the axial skeleton of the Tuatara in detail, focusing on osteological variability, ontogeny, and fossil remarks.
Check it out, it's open access!
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/…
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We're moved in! Three work stations are in place with lots of shelving for tools, products in prep, and our growing 3D printer farm.
ALT Photo of a workshop with shelving, tables, and chairs. Lights hang from the ceiling and over the workstations.
ALT Photo of a workshop with shelving, tables, and chairs. Lights hang from the ceiling and over the workstations.
Jonathan Mitchell retweeted
🚨NEW SCIENCE ALERT!🚨Read our new, open-access publication in @scireports describing #biofluorescence in #cassowary casques! Very excited to unveil this after keeping it secret for 5 years!⬇️
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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