Michael Thom
@mdfthom
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Biologist: behavioural ecology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology, natural history. Cornwall. 🇦🇺/🇬🇧
Plymouth, England
Joined September 2015
59 of 15 species 2 nights ago, including 17 Hebrew Character and 10 Small Quaker. Plus Shoulder Stripe, Pale Pinion, Brindled and Oak Beauties, Dotted Wave, and Streamer
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Sorry, one more - this looks like Juniper, but much too early. Brindled?
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Only a quick phone pic before it escaped, but nice to see a twenty plume moth again
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24 of 9 species last night, with 12 Hebrew Character, Early Grey, Early Thorn (1), March Moth (2), Common (3) and Small Quaker (4)...
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Whew! After 160 generations of experimental sexual selection we show consistent SNP differences between polyandrous and monogamous lines. These were concentrated in islands of divergence, particularly on the X chromosome (1)
New on @EvolLetters EarlyView by Wiberg, @parisveltsos, @RhondaSnook1 & Ritchie: Experimental evolution supports signatures of sexual selection in genomic divergence https://t.co/qgNsvYy64D
#Drosophila #selection #genomics #evolution
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1/ #UEACEEC21 #Sesh4 "Male & female aggression is shaped by the environment in fruit flies & beyond" Animal aggression can be intense & strongly impact fitness. How do animals fine-tune aggression to the env't? This talk:(1) plasticity; (2) microevolution, (3) macro patterns
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Oops, that ground ivy is germander speedwell... Was in a bit too much of a rush 🙄
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Opposite leaved golden saxifrage, hairy bittercress, sweet violet, hazel, primrose, lesser celandine, barren strawberry, ground ivy and the first greater stitchwort flower of the year seen today - pics of last 4 #wildflowerhour
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Our paper on how fly aggression evolves in response to the population sex ratio is now out! Great stuff co-led by @DaniedmundsDani, with @jennyperry @StuartWigby @WayneRostant and not on twitter: Jess Norman, Charlotte Atkins, Lucy Harper, Tracey Chapman
royalsocietypublishing.org
Abstract. Aggressive behaviours are among the most striking displayed by animals, and aggression strongly impacts fitness in many species. Aggression varie
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This seems to be... an extremely bad idea https://t.co/uPJwAcWooq
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Snowdrops, lesser celandine, bittercress, male hazel, dogs mercury, primrose, barren strawberry out today for #wildflowerhour
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Wild and beautiful at the beach today. Sadly the wind seems to have knocked a teeny tiny witch off her broom
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I like to spend my time at #STEM #outreach and #SciComm events too 📣 Sharing my passion for Science and learning is fun, and it’s great to see others enjoying Science too @emilyrosech #ABSTakeover #WomenInSTEM #PhDLife #AcademicChatter
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Hi everyone! 👋 I'm Emily @emilyrosech, your #ABSTakeover host for the day Check out the schedule for today's takeover before we kick off #WomenInSTEM #PhDLife #AcademicChatter
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