#Chromosomes

Cormac Kinsella

Kinsella_Cormac

Our study investigating an enigmatic chromosome in zebra finches is now published in @NatureComms! This has been a massive team effort: @fjruizruano @AnneMarie_DC @AlexJCharles @TI_Gossmann_EVO @denniskappei @HemmingsNicola1 @MirreSimons @alexander_s

Marguerite Stern

Margueritestern

Few years ago, I didn't care about transactivism. The reason why I started to express myself about it is that it's becoming louder and louder inside feminism. It even starts

rose⁷

RoseKofuku

Why potatoes and humans are similar: a thread There are different colors of potatoes, humans have different colors as well Some potatoes have thin skin and some have thick skin;

🌼 Vacation Katie 🌼

living_wgrace

Ok, I’m procrastinating finishing my taxes so let’s break down all the ways this infographic is intentionally misleading using the data it cites. This is gonna be a long thread.https://twitter.com/srhelenaburns/status/128283066282370662

Hironori Funabiki

HironoriFunabi1

Delighted to share our review article, "Regulation and Consequences of cGAS Activation by Self-DNA", by Christian Zierhut @ChriZieri. Free article available until Sep 4.https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bPjB3QxxSgq3fHere is a thread

Jacob Schreiber

jmschreiber91

In this week's "ML pitfalls w/ Jacob," we're going to talk about data set creation! Problem data sets occur in every field, but I frequently see them in genomics because

Heather E Heying

HeatherEHeying

Ignorance, arrogance, and the wielding of credentials to shut down discourse: a triple threat.When these three characteristics show up in one place, I feel a responsibility to at least slow

I have the fury of my own momentum ✴️

rollerska8er

feels awkward to keep pointing out that "biological sex" isn't real. folks keep making the argument that "biological sex" is different to "assigned gender" which is great, but seriously -

56 Dean Street

56deanstreet

Today is #IntersexAwarenessDay. We’ve teamed up with @lgbtfriend and @InterWednesday and throughout the day we’ll be dedicating our social media channels to intersex awareness - hopefully busting some myths along

Tim Ayres

TimAyres3

To start understanding the complexities of sex it is necessary to establish some background to the biology of sex determination. What is male and female? It’s a chromosome thing right?

floreat brigantia 🟥

IdunnSian

- chemotherapy - Dr Jane Cooke Wright- computer programmes - Ada Lovelace- wireless transmission - Hedy Lamarr- DNA structure - Dr Rosalind Franklin- sex chromosomes - Dr Nettie Maria Stevens-

John Hawks

johnhawks

Love to see this new work from @fleventy5 @jfkelso @maxplanckpress outlining Neandertal and Denisovan Y chromosomes. New evidence of genetic mixture of Neandertals and third population closer to today's people.

Fernando Banana-Man García-Bastidas Ph.D

Ferchucky

#CarlLinnaeus assigned the scientific name Musa sapientum for dessert #bananas & Musa paradisiaca for plantains. However, he did not know that the two species he described were in fact hybrids

Dilarus he/him #blacklivesmatter #pridemonth

Dilarus

I'd like to share something about how I became pro-trans. Many years ago I changed my mind about trans people from being just basically dismissive and ignorant, to being fully

Charlie Perrett (she/they)

_charlieperrett

CW // rape, sexual assault, domestic abuse, transphobia. Why trans exclusive feminism is flawed, from the perspective of a survivor of sexual and physical violence at the hands of cis

Dr Ruth Pearce

NotRightRuth

Trans women are female, pass it on. The claim that trans women are "male" runs contrary not only to how we understand ourselves, but also to the way we're treated