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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 5h

Folks, I am always happy to send papers through research gate...but maybe you wanna avoid the trouble when the papers are open access...just saying

Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 10d

We suggest this is inherent to the very distinct nature of these datatypes and the way they are collected, and we provide a conceptual framework from what can be concluded by evolutionary rates studies using each datatype.

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 10d

Lack of comparability across existing methods makes definite conclusions more limited than what we wanted, but the biggest difference in our comparisons is always across datatypes.

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 10d

We included discrete (phylogenetic characters) and continuous data (from 2D GMM) from the exact same species and, in most cases, from the exact same specimens. That was a lot of work…

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 10d

We tried to assess whether rates of phenotypic evolution based on multivariate data (discrete and continuous), using popular methods, and which influence how we measure phenotypic change and innovation across lineages provide comparable results. The answer is a very big NO.

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 10d

Our latest paper, now how to conciliate apparently discrepant evolutionary rate patterns in squamates, but which may well apply to any study system with Stephanie Pierce and
@7brumas.bsky.social
#macroevolution

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Evolutionary rate incongruences in squamates reveal contrasting patterns of evolutionary novelties and innovation

Abstract. Understanding the rate of phenotypic evolution can reveal fundamental aspects of organismal evolutionary trajectories. Hence, several studies hav

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 11d

Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

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‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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Seema Sheth @seemasheth.bsky.social · 11d

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics in the Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco

Job Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Department of Biology, University of San Francisco Job Summary: The Department of Biology at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a fu...

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · 13d

Really nice paper! Taphonomic megabiases constrain phylogenetic information in the squamate fossil record
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Taphonomic megabiases constrain phylogenetic information in the squamate fossil record | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Taphonomic megabiases constrain phylogenetic information in the squamate fossil record

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Tiago Simões @trsimoes.bsky.social · Sep 7

Happy to share the advance version of our big AREES review on squamate origin and early evolution: From Fossils to Genomes with my two amazing colleagues, Frank Burbrink and @marcanthonytollis.bsky.social

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Origin and Early Evolution of Squamates and Their Kin: From Fossils to Genomes | Annual Reviews

Squamates (lizards, including snakes) are the most diverse group of terrestrial vertebrates on Earth today and have an evolutionary history dating back to at least the Middle Triassic (ca. 242 Mya). D...

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