shikharabhat.bsky.social
Theoretical evolutionary ecologist. Fond of maths, natural history, wildlife, and metal music. Kokkonut and PhD student at Uni Mainz, 🇩🇪 Past: BS-MS at IISER Pune + MS thesis at CES, IISc, Bengaluru 🇮🇳 Website: https://thepandalorian.github.io/ he/him
👤 Joined on 11 September 2023
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@shikharabhat.bsky.socialFinal version now out: A model of how indiscriminate mating (without regard to sex of partner) co-evolves with traits that signal one's sex. Joint work with Sam Rothberg & Brian Lerch academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...
Show PostThrilled to share this pre-print from an exciting collaboration with @bnashby.bsky.social, @asherleeks.bsky.social and @bramvandijk.bsky.social! Viral cheats that emerge through social evolution, under vertical transmission as proviruses, become defense systems to their hosts.
Show PostNew preprint from our lab, with @sultannazir.bsky.social! 🚨 Defense systems in pro- and eukaryotes are often derived from the very parasites they now defend against. Here we show how this all starts with the emergence of cheaters in parasite populations! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Show PostAlso called "Not quite coalescent theory" by "anyone but John Wakeley"
Show PostThe @normalesup.bsky.social Physics department is hosting some artists!
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