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Sandra Afonso retweeted
We are very proud to have our paper by @mbtoomey et al. on the genetics of red colouration in vertebrates as the cover of @CurrentBiology!
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Sandra Afonso retweeted
“Good people do things for other people. That’s it. The end” #AfterLife teapaw.org/MichaelWarbur17/status…
Sandra Afonso retweeted
I am for the third time in the organising team of a TiBE Conference. This time engaging people working on the biology of colour. Join us in December 5-7 in Portugal, at @CIBIO_InBIO, for #TiBE2022!
We are excited to announce that @CIBIO_InBIO will host the 2022 Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution meeting: The Biology of Colour (#TiBE2022). We invite all colleagues working on this topic to join us in December 5-7 in Portugal. Follow the thread 🧵for more details:
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Sandra Afonso retweeted
But how is this conversion done? Previous studies by us (tinyurl.com/redcanary) and other groups have highlighted the role of CYP2J19 as a key enzyme that does this in birds, but additional data suggested that it could not be the sole agent of this process
Sandra Afonso retweeted
Check out our new paper, out now @CurrentBiology "A mechanism for red coloration in vertebrates"
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
Follow this thread for more on this story co-led with @mbtoomey and @CorboLab:
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