#Genetic

Dr. Mansa Keita

rasmansa

Let's do some math on sprinting and genetics.Let's say there is a genetic sprint trait.Jamaica has 5 million people globally. China has 1.5 billion globally.This genetic trait would need to

Reagan Gomez

ReaganGomez

So fascinating. “...DNA of participants from the US showed a significant amount of Nigerian ancestry — far more than expected based on the historical records of ships carrying enslaved ppl

Emily Ladau

emily_ladau

My disability is genetic. I'm struggling with the Nobel Prize in chemistry going to scientists working on gene editing. I have conflicting, ever-evolving views about passing on my disability but

Black Owned Yoga Mats & Trauma-Informed Yoga

_jasmineyallen

#30DaysofThreads Day 19 - Telomeres. What are they and what do they have to do with yoga?Telomeres are the caps on the cells of your chromosomes. The length of your

KC

ClimbhiKc

So, after a period, here is the next thread. Many of you have heard of Richard Dawkins and 'The Selfish Gene'. Dawkins plays an important role here. While Dawkins has

Coach Stier

CoachChrisStier

Thoughts from the NFL Draft to parents and kids:Tristan Wirfs (13th pick) is 325 lbs and runs faster than the fastest kid on many HS teams. (4.85 electronic 40)Brandon Aiyuk

Secular Saint Victoria

_viciwill

I understand that the fight against the -isms is a fight against the stripping of humanity from marginalized peoples. any talking points that strip humanity from marginalized people is inhumane.and

PGC Consortium

PGCgenetics

Predicting the likelihood of future #psychiatricdisorders based on training a #MachineLearning #ML #AI model using a handful of genetic variants is unsound science, and likely to lead to medical discrimination.

Infospectives

TrialByTruth

Looking for a DNA Test bargain? In advance of #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday I wanted to crowdsource #Privacy #Cybersecurity and other risks to consider before buying and doing a consumer DNA

Leslie Vosshall PhD

pollyp1

Today Priya Rajasethupathy and colleagues @RockefellerUniv published a truly groundbreaking paper that changes how we think about memory https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31152-1 Let me break it down for you [thread] 1/n She

Emma Hilton

FondOfBeetles

Corona tests. To clear up confusion. PCR test | Tests for CURRENT INFECTION by detecting virus genetic material. Antigen test | Tests for CURRENT INFECTION by detecting virus protein. Antibody

Sophie

6percentLOL

1/ The virus or viruses are part of the communication mechanisms between cells, they contain genetic material in a protein capsule and they have receptors on top that bind to

Michelle Kelly-Irving

shell_ki

When you work on #HealthInequalities you get asked (a lot!) whether socially patterned health differences are caused by geneticsThis "genetic essentialism" question could be naive, but we need to answer

Aylwyn Scally

aylwyn_scally

Some thoughts on the recent paper about Polynesian ancestry by Ioannidis et al. (Long thread.)https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2487-2 The paper investigates ancestry in present-day Polynesians using genetic data from 354 individua

Cameron J Stockwell 🔬 👨🏼‍🔬🧬

ScienceManCam

So how do we test for #COVID19? A thread#COVID_19 is caused by a virus called #SARSCoV2 which is a non-living particle with genetic material that is surrounded by proteins and

Dr Adam Rutherford

AdamRutherford

Humphrey Wakefield here expressing more scientifically illiterate genetic determinism. 1/x This view of hereditary genius flowing through families was expressed most clearly by Francis Galton, an undoubtedly great scientist, who