Jamie Thompson @Jamie_T42
Lecturer at the University of Reading. PhD in plant macroevolution from The Milner Centre for Evolution. Born at 363ppm scholar.google.com/citations?user… Bath Joined September 2019-
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Our new paper uses Bayesian astrochronology to date the origin of trilobites with extreme precision. Read it here: dx.doi.org/10.1130/G51718…
NEW TODAY in @Nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬 This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿 nature.com/articles/s4158…
my latest research on #cycads has been published by @SpringerNature in @CommsBio. Looking at cycad #leaves through time, we found they are FAR from living #fossils! This was funded by @FWF_at at @univienna. Check it out for free! #openaccess nature.com/articles/s4200…
Fun day out at @NHM_London hearing about lots of interesting research
Fun day out at @NHM_London hearing about lots of interesting research
Hot off the press! Tree ferns, biogeography, fossils, and uncertainty. Fully open access courtesy of @UNAM_MX. #AcademicTwitter academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…
Hot off the press! Tree ferns, biogeography, fossils, and uncertainty. Fully open access courtesy of @UNAM_MX. #AcademicTwitter academic.oup.com/evolut/advance…
Authors when their data is "available upon request" and we actually request it
Double graduation earlier this week - Dr Thompson and Master Keeling. I also had my first day as a lecturer at @ReadingBioSci. Great start to the year! 🎓
Scientists amass over 100 “magic mushroom” genomes to learn how cultivation has impacted their genes, including those controlling the mushroom’s active ingredient, #psilocybin. Read more in @CurrentBiology: cell.com/current-biolog… @mcthoughtful
I'm very happy to finally be able to share this paper nature.com/articles/s4155…, published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution @NatureEcoEvo, on diversification in crocodile-line archosaurs, co-authored with @AlexRDPayne, @pdmannion and @GraemeTLloyd. 1/2
Today we publish a new paper that sheds light on one of Darwin's "abominable mysteries" - the remarkable diversity of flowering plants, with a great international team of authors, lead by @spidersphylo @Carsten_Rahbek and @zwang2013 @Macroecology nature.com/articles/s4146…
‼️Exciting News! Our latest research paper on the fascinating world of food plants and human indicators from fossil pollen records has just been published in @Nature Sci Data. 📜 Thread #HumanHistory #paleoecology @BioUiB @IBED_UvA @mohnfoundation Paper: rdcu.be/dqf1e
Really cool to see my results (and others) published in @NautilusMag, it was great fun working with @SofiQuaglia. This is a great read about Darwin's obsession with orchids, and new hypotheses explaining their staggering diversity
Really cool to see my results (and others) published in @NautilusMag, it was great fun working with @SofiQuaglia. This is a great read about Darwin's obsession with orchids, and new hypotheses explaining their staggering diversity
“We would like a higher quality image file for Figure 2” You and me both, mate. That code doesn’t run anymore and I made the legend in PowerPoint so that quality is what it is.
Our new paper is out in Eco Letters! bit.ly/GlobMyco w 100mil occs (11k sp.) we show the phylogenetic, climatic + soil correlates of mycorrhyizal traits. Environment explains myco. traits > than we thought: huge implications for ecosystems w changing climate. DM 4 pdf
BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Walter White for promoting an understanding of synthetic organic chemistry to the general public. This unprecedented selection is bound to spark controversy, but Walter is/was an undeniably inspiring figure...
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Late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions have strongly reduced mammalian vegetation consumption onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge… More evidence that we live like in an herbivore exclusion experiment (doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…) with consequences for current vegetation (nature.com/articles/s4146…)
Late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions have strongly reduced mammalian vegetation consumption onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge… More evidence that we live like in an herbivore exclusion experiment (doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…) with consequences for current vegetation (nature.com/articles/s4146…) https://t.co/MEqDYTtaaq
"mutilation" and "biological annihilation" across the tree of life. Sure, the situation is bad. Possibly more than we can even think of. But are these journalistic-style headlines necessary? Also, these studies don't seem to offer any new insights beyond some clever…
Yes! A new comprehensive study of #CAM #plant #diversity & evolution, including an updated #phylogeny “CAM lineages of planet Earth” I’m so fond of classic CAM cacti & orchids, I forget how many other clades evolved it, even some #ferns @erikaedw @annbot academic.oup.com/aob/article/do…
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Our Big Flowering Plant Bang paper is now out in Nature!! So excited to have been part of this massive collaborative effort led by the @kewgardens team, involving 279 co-authors from 27 countries! #angiosperms #phylogenomics nature.com/articles/s4158…
Brand spanking new flowering plant tree of life! Hot off the press @Nature. Huge thanks to @KewScience and all 279 co-authors for tireless graft on this for past 8 years. We hope you all like it! #angiosperms353 nature.com/articles/s4158…
@PalaeoSmith This is one of the most ridiculous Twitter storms I have seen. The associated paper is a good deal more interesting than the performative outrage
Our new paper uses Bayesian astrochronology to date the origin of trilobites with extreme precision. Read it here: dx.doi.org/10.1130/G51718…
The UM press release for the big PAFTOL project with @KewScience . Awesome multi-year collaboration and happy to have it finally out! news.umich.edu/vast-dna-tree-…
NEW TODAY in @Nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬 This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿 nature.com/articles/s4158…
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Lots of juvenile harvestmen running around at the moment too, many species become adult towards the end of Summer. Mind you, I think this is another Rilaena triangularis. A late hatcher, perhaps?🤔 @Megabunus @BritishSpiders
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