Our latest #preprint https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.11.475913v2 @jdmatheson calls for significant change to the theory of #BackgroundSelection, a phenomenon by which some genomic segments of some individuals don’t count toward an #EffectivePopulationSize because they contain too many deleterious mutations. 1/5

#MolecularEvolution #PopulationGenetics #MutationLoad #EvolgenPaper

Any math person here willing to review my heavy-math thesis chapter? It is around ~7000 words, beyond my supervisors' expertise, and I need to submit by March so he/she/they needs to have a lot of free time this February 🙃

Keyword: #mutationload #aDNA #PopulationGenetics #conservation #SIFT #phyloP #phastCons

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Any math person here willing to review my heavy-math thesis chapter? It is around ~7000 words, beyond my supervisors' expertise, and I need to submit by March so he/she/they needs to have a lot of free time this February 🙃

Keyword: #mutationload #aDNA #PopulationGenetics #conservation #SIFT #phyloP #phastCons

I have nothing except I owe you one.

In #China: Chinese CDC via Yale School of Public Health, report it’s possible China will see 800m #covid infections this winter. A reasonable conclusion from this is that they are now a massive breeding ground for mutations & new variants. The “Covid supply chain” just got a boost. :facepalm:

#sarscov2 #pandemic #variants #mutationload @novid

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/15/1143002538/china-appears-to-be-facing-what-could-be-the-world-s-largest-coronavirus-outbrea

#introduction
Hi fellow ecoevo socialites! My name is Walid Mawass and I hail from the small country of Lebanon, currently in the US (previously Canada and France). I count myself as an #evolutionarygeneticist, my research interests focus on #naturalselection and #geneticvariation. I work with both #quantitativegenetics and #populationgenetics models, heavy on the computation. I am currently working on #mutationload and #populationdynamics. Other interests include #music #policy #education