What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice (Reed et al, 2007, BMC Biology 5, 7) https://t.co/R3VxDpuWyH
Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice.
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The overall tone demonstrates strong interest and moderate engagement, highlighted by posts praising the study’s title and discussing its implications for understanding parasite transmission and evolution, such as mentions of lice jumping between gorillas and humans or their ability to evolve rapidly, which underscore both curiosity and recognition of the research's importance.
Most discussions acknowledge the relevance or interesting nature of the study, especially emphasizing the evolutionary insights it offers.
Many posts show high curiosity, especially regarding the surprising findings about lice transferring between primates.
Posts actively reference the paper's findings and titles, indicating an involved engagement with the topic.
Discussions reflect recognition of the study’s significance in understanding parasite-host evolution, though not universally emphasizing immediate practical impact.
Abstract in brief
- The study investigates how primate lice, which have coevolved with their hosts for over 25 million years, have a complex evolutionary history involving host switches and divergence events.
- Phylogenetic analyses reveal that lice genera Pediculus and Pthirus are each monophyletic; Pediculus's history aligns with host divergence around 6 million years ago, but Pthirus's divergence from gorillas and humans suggests a more recent common ancestor, indicating host-switching events.
- Reconciliation analysis proposes that a Pthirus species likely switched from gorillas to humans, challenging simple co-speciation models and pointing to a more dynamic parasite-host evolutionary relationship.
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Most liked on X and Bluesky原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
@JohnHolbein1 "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice", by David L Reed, Jessica E Light, Julie M Allen & Jeremy J Kirchman
Un análisis genético de las ladillas sugiere que fueron transferidos a los ancestros humanos por los gorilas. Es probable que esta transferencia se produjera por dormir en nidos abandonados de gorila. Son 2 especies distintas pero su ADN es similar Paper: https://t.co/ajH8ILxgPG https://t.co/08q3sj0D96
Today's favorite paper title comes from a study about parasitic lice and their very long history of co-evolving with primate hosts (at least 25 million years!), you're welcome bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
i’m sorry https://t.co/Y08rsHK1v5 https://t.co/SLEeUFDgtz
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RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
Today's favorite paper title comes from a study about parasitic lice and their very long history of co-evolving with primate hosts (at least 25 million years!), you're welcome bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
@JohnHolbein1 "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice", by David L Reed, Jessica E Light, Julie M Allen & Jeremy J Kirchman
i’m sorry https://t.co/Y08rsHK1v5 https://t.co/SLEeUFDgtz
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
Los piojos y el hombre https://t.co/mVCMfdFDc0
Did you know that humans caught pubic lice from gorillas about 3 million years ago
RT @temptoetiam: Et le prix du titre d'article vaseux va à : "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropo…
Et le prix du titre d'article vaseux va à : "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice" Je ne sais pas ce qu'en aurait dit Milton... https://t.co/4liuM6ZDdA
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RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
@FryRsquared Just for the title: "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice" https://t.co/Cx6AGUPNpC
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
RT @yujitach: 原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
原論文はアタマジラミとコロモジラミに関してが https://t.co/ruzx3WIMGZ 、ケジラミとゴリラジラミに関してが https://t.co/71tWXpHNHD 。
@johji_best @ItsuroKawashima 論文ありました.https://t.co/zWXvT4cHlj
@AdamRutherford Listening to your Rutherford & fry trailer. Have I told you me favourite ever paper title? It's this one: "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice " https://t.co/Cx6AGUPNpC
@rose_acropora 図のソースはコレ 話の元ネタは講義で先生が言っていた与太話だから、どっかにはソースはあるだろうけど僕は明確な根拠は見つけてない Reed, David L., et al. "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice." Bmc Biology 5.1 (2007): 1-11. APA
(para saber más sobre esto: doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-5-7) Así que los piojos sí que pueden saltar de un animal a otro y evolucionar en él. De hecho, es lo más normal. En bacterias, y no digamos en virus, es todavía más normal, porque cambian los genes más rápidamente.
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
RT @GeneticJen: What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolution…
What’s your favourite title of a scientific paper? I think mine is: Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice (Reed et al, 2007, BMC Biology 5, 7) https://t.co/R3VxDpuWyH
RT @Fish_Fetisher: And the award for best paper title goes to....."Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of ant…
And the award for best paper title goes to....."Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice" https://t.co/X1B7aGY4Uq
"Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of anthropoid primate lice" is an actual title I found researching a future article.
@GENIC0N https://t.co/jE3cjTF0rS
Best paper title?? "Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: The evolutionary history of Anthropoid primate lice" https://t.co/ljzVPzh6VT
@manelomanu @PeterMcCormack @Hibryda @bitlattice I follow Hibryda like I follow Gavin Wood, Vitalik Buterin, and other leaders in other fields, in the public domain. I follow leaders in other fields as well, like anyone else, David Reed's work here for example that I build some of my work on, https://t.co/b2yVMVL1mm
RT @MatiasPandolfi: Un análisis genético de las ladillas sugiere que fueron transferidos a los ancestros humanos por los gorilas. Es probab…
RT @MatiasPandolfi: Un análisis genético de las ladillas sugiere que fueron transferidos a los ancestros humanos por los gorilas. Es probab…
Un análisis genético de las ladillas sugiere que fueron transferidos a los ancestros humanos por los gorilas. Es probable que esta transferencia se produjera por dormir en nidos abandonados de gorila. Son 2 especies distintas pero su ADN es similar Paper: https://t.co/ajH8ILxgPG https://t.co/08q3sj0D96
TIL that human head lice diverged from chimpanzee lice around that same time that humans and chimps diverged, whereas human pubic lice diverged from gorilla lice quite a bit later...
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