I used to watch flies have sex for science.
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14 May 2021
Obligatory very-glad-to-have-just-been-stabbed-in-the-arm tweet.
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Sam Finnegan retweeted
6 May 2021
To our surprise, meiotic drive does not cause a condition‐dependent reduction of the sexual ornament in stalk‐eyed flies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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14 Apr 2021
Went #lookingforcowslips today as part of a citizen science project (nurmenukk.ee). Cowslips are an example of heterostyly. When viewed from above, either a long style is visible (L-morph, left) or five anthers are visible with the style hidden inside (S-morph, right).
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14 Apr 2021
Also, here are some gratuitous but poorly framed shots of my research assistant, Cooper.
Sam Finnegan retweeted
21 Dec 2020
There are several reasons to think that the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant is an important one as it might be more contagious than other variants, but there are also some uncertainties. So much misinformation is being circulated, so this thread brings key data together. 🧵
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13 Sep 2019
My first paper is out! Together with @NJWhite_Evo and the stalkie lab, we show that meiotic drive in stalk-eyed flies reduces male and female viability. Feels good to see it out there. royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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1 May 2019
This stalkie has just been sitting, staring at me for at least the last half an hour. I'm starting to think he's plotting my demise.
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Sam Finnegan retweeted
24 Aug 2017
Come find me for a chat #eseb2017 ! Adaptive compensation in fertility to meiotic drive in a stalk-eyed fly (S18).
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24 Aug 2017
#eseb2017 Want to drink wine and see how meiotic drive impacts male mating behaviour in stalkies? Come say hi later! S18 P06
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16 Jul 2017
Huge stalkie lek in the wild. One male and many, many females. Lad.
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24 Jan 2017
It's always awkward reading decades-old genetics research and seeing the E word...
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4 Jul 2016
The anonymous science rebel - a blog by @CarlosEcolEvol london-nerc-dtp.org/2016/07/…
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3 Jul 2016
Hey look, I found some science at home on the kitchen ceiling!
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9 Jun 2016
Something tells me this stalky male won't be winning any beauty contests.
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Sam Finnegan retweeted
6 Apr 2016
CEE Evolutionary conflict symposium website is now up and running, registration to open soon. @CEEvol #CEESS2016
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1 Apr 2016
My two passions - science and video games - and how games bring big data to solve social problems. nature.com/news/can-a-video-… via @NatureNews
Sam Finnegan retweeted
22 Mar 2016
@CarlosEcolEvol introduces his PhD looking at #genetic conflict over social #behaviour in fire ants #transcriptomics
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