As the public discourse around sex and gender pops up again - I think about the kid who hears ‘nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution’ - but who doesn’t see themselves represented. I wrote this for them. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-evoluti...
Some human social constructs like gender are viewed erroneously in an evolutionary context. It’s time for our understanding of a person’s self-identity to evolve.
If you see this post, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery. Culebra, Puerto Rico
Together with #AaronComeault#FranzHoelzl@biobiiana.bsky.social#genome#frogdoi.org/10.1093/gbe/...#evolution
Abstract. Genome size varies greatly across the tree of life and transposable elements are an important contributor to this variation. Among vertebrates, a
Sex chromosomes & putative sex-determining gene (Foxl2) in the crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) In press at @sse-evolution.bsky.social@morrisanimal.bsky.social@sexchrlab.bsky.social@stuartvnielsen.bsky.social@drpintothe2nd.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1093/evol...
Had a great weekend in Arizona exploring and naturalizing with the man/myth/legend @drpintothe2nd.bsky.social