Anasuya Chakrabarty

My first paper as an independent young investigator on sex differences in the multivariate genetic architecture of humans got published in PNAS. We estimated the B matrix in humans which shows sexual antagonism mostly driven by testosterone. bit.ly/4bOYoSC

New work from our group developing a method to estimate the molecular heritability of longitudinal traits (e.g. disease onset, progression, or death). Many traits appear to be a genetic mixture of onset/liability and progression components. See Kodi's thread for more:

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Does the gut microbiome explain variation in fitness in wildlife? Our decade-long effort to answer this question in @SI_horses suggests that it does. Out in @NatureComms today: nature.com/articles/s4146…

My first paper as an independent young investigator on sex differences in the multivariate genetic architecture of humans got published in PNAS. We estimated the B matrix in humans which shows sexual antagonism mostly driven by testosterone. bit.ly/4bOYoSC

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Peer reviewed and out today in @CommsBio ! nature.com/articles/s4200… Many thanks to our handling editor and our peer reviewer for helping us improve on the manuscript!

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Project assoc position available. Do you want to unravel the mysteries of sex-difference in humans while working with cutting edge quantitative genetics? Do you have a quantitative bend of mind, with interests in genetics and statistics? Then please apply shorturl.at/eiRYZ

An interesting and brief summary by Peter Whimsatt of Richard Lewontin's impressive scientific accomplishments, both in evolutionary biology and philosophy of biology. Worth reading: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Massive inflation in SNP-heritability estimates when including relatives:

Curious about what happened to all the data that we collected as part of our initiative? Wonder no more! We published it!📰 biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 🧵

This was an interesting read from Plomin and Deary on the genetics of intelligence. Notably, they make five predictions about what we should expect to see from molecular data, based on their decades of experience with twin studies. Do they hold up? A 🧵: nature.com/articles/mp201…

I am very happy that my first "Perspective"-article in @journal_evo is now out! I reflect over the 40 years that have passed since the publication of the landmark paper by Lande & Arnold (1983) and its impact on field studies on phenotypic selection: academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…

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Sexual harassment allegations leveled at leading evolutionary biologist science.org/content/articl…