The Supreme Court’s ruling that “conversion therapy” cannot be banned does not change the fact that the literature overwhelmingly shows that sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts cause serious, lasting harm to individuals exposed to such efforts.

Our paper is out! We compared introgression maps, both across populations and at the individual level. Some consistencies were observed across maps: A core set of genomic regions, lower background selection in introgressed regions, and some phenotypes were enriched across multiple maps. (1/3)

Here's my latest contribution to the @nytimes "Lost Science" series. Brenna Henn's sweeping study of African genetics has been frozen. Gift link: nyti.ms/3Ypmm1A

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

How did DNA changes that alter protein structures impact evolution on the branch that led to modern humans? As we demonstrate today in Science Advances, biobanking initiatives offer ways to directly assess biological effects of rare archaic variants in living people, & (re)evaluate their roles. 🧬🧪

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Hi Bluesky! I’m excited to connect with everyone 🤗. Yesterday, I gave a talk at the Bay Area Population Genomics conference at Stanford, and it was great to connect with the popgen community here. So thankful for these opportunities to share my work!