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Editor-in-Chief, @CellReports. Biologist, editor, author, critic. Development, evolution, genetics, neuro. Skeptic, Bardolator, partner, dad. Opinions my own.

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    Stephen Matheson  🌵‏ @sfmatheson Jan 20

    It can be ~impossible to write intro that can grab people outside ur field. Look at this brilliant intro by @aaronquinlan group, in @NatureGenet 👏🛩️pic.twitter.com/lmBIZ6zkHp

    1:32 PM - 20 Jan 2019
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      2. Oliver Slay‏ @oliverslay Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        The airplane bullet holes analogy was also demonstrated in relation to genetics by Dr Aoife McLysaght in the Christmas Lectures 2018 (41 mins in) - so the lead-in will appeal to many who saw ithttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0001r5m/royal-institution-christmas-lectures-2018-who-am-i-2-what-makes-me-human …

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      3. Amy C. Lossie, PhD  👩🏼‍🔬 🐠 🐕 🌻 🛩‏ @Ilovepigenetics Jan 21
        Replying to @oliverslay @sfmatheson and

        I knew I saw this before!

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      2. Chris Jiggins‏ @mel_rosina Jan 22
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        @aoifemcl used the same analogy in the #bbc #christmaslectures this year.

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      3. Magnus Nordborg‏ @magnusnordborg Jan 22
        Replying to @mel_rosina @sfmatheson and

        There are many classical examples of such ascertainment bias. Trilobites attacked by asymmetric predators — or did they perhaps have the heart on one side? Left-handers dying off — or were the old people perhaps forced to be used the right hand?

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      4. Chris Jiggins‏ @mel_rosina Jan 23
        Replying to @magnusnordborg @sfmatheson and

        In the butterfly world, it is directly applicable to the use of beak marks on wild butterflies to measure predation rateshttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v378/n6553/abs/378173a0.html …

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      1. Clare Wilkinson‏ @ClareWilkinso10 Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @ceri_weber and

        So glad reviewer 3 didn’t insist on its removal.

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      1. Aaron Quinlan‏ @aaronquinlan Jan 20
        Replying to @sfmatheson @NatureGenet

        Thanks very much. Glad you liked it.

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      1. Ming Tang‏ @tangming2005 Jan 20
        Replying to @sfmatheson @lenghan_bioinfo and

        more details at http://quinlanlab.org/blog/2018/12/20/constrained-coding-regions.html …

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      1. Kamil S Jaroň‏ @KamilSJaron Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        Kamil S Jaroň Retweeted Kamil S Jaroň

        Ah, I am using exactly the same story when I talk about ancient asexual scandals - long surviving asexual lineages of animals.https://twitter.com/KamilSJaron/status/1074947253574533120 …

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        Kamil S Jaroň @KamilSJaron
        Not even a single genomic feature is present in a majority of analyzed species. Perhaps due to lineage specific #evolution but also survivor bias of extant asexuals might play a role here. pic by McGeddon 2/n pic.twitter.com/JacUrYCkOV
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      2. Laura Falkenberg‏ @ljfalkenberg Jan 22
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        Couldn't not share this with you @Sean4Sea, @Zoe_Doubleday

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Zoe Doubleday‏ @Zoe_Doubleday Jan 22
        Replying to @ljfalkenberg @sfmatheson and

        Oooh I love this!

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Anthony Berndt‏ @anthony_berndt Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        The airplane-armor survivorship bias example is something I try to make junior trainees aware of. It's interesting how many situations in applies to and often changes how you start testing hypotheses or forming questions.

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      1. Paul Mueller‏ @muellship1 Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @iprophage and

        Great melding of World History and English with molecular biology; not an easy thing to do. I bet the whole thing is interesting and well written.

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      1. Bill Deakin‏ @bdeako Jan 22
        Replying to @sfmatheson @drjameswalters and

        Excellent!

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      1. Jamie Cate‏ @jhdcate Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        Aha, I knew I'd seen this (long) before!https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/11/22/220814 …

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      1. Kurian Lab‏ @KurianLab Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan

        pic.twitter.com/D6iDiq4upA

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      1. Vivien Marx‏ @metricausa Jan 23
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        Yay-yay , shout out to the power of narrative storytelling in science

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      1. Sally Mallowa‏ @smallowa Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @WJCuellar and

        beautifully written

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      1. Michael Barresi‏ @mjbarresi Jan 21
        Replying to @sfmatheson @aaronquinlan @NatureGenet

        Very creative, thanks for sharing.

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      1. JerseyMaués‏ @jerseymaues Jan 22
        Replying to @sfmatheson @grawoig and

        Beautiful introd.

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