Shuang Li, Joyce Kao and Kerry Geiler-Samerotte gave excellent talks at The Allied Genetics Conference 2016 in Orlando. Some highlights from Twitter:
Important: Kelly Geiler-Samerotte: Hsp90 does *not* make phenotypes more robust to mutations’ effects (in yeast) @PetrovADmitri #TAGC16
— Weigel Lab 🌱 aka WeigelWorld 🌱 (@PlantEvolution) July 15, 2016
Kerry Geiler-Samerotte: Hsp90 not just a buffer, selection for buffered variation leads to nat variation != mutational input #TAGC16
— Joseph Coolon (@jcoolon) July 15, 2016
.@KSamerotte: genetic variation is biased; is epistasis too? Investigate with Hsp90 buffering. Selection vs robustness hypotheses #TAGC16
— NatureEcoEvo (@NatureEcoEvo) July 15, 2016
Surprising result in yeast:Hsp90 do not usually suppress variation in phenotype, but increase it in MA lines(not undergo selection) #TAGC16
— Pengyao (@pyjiang) July 15, 2016
Shuang Li from NYU
— Aashiq Kachroo (@Aashiq_Kachroo) July 14, 2016
Kao made over 200 x 15 generation backcrosses in drosophila to study cryptic genetic variation. hardcore #TAGC16
— Alejandro Burga (@arburga) July 15, 2016
Kao: investigating cryptic genetic variation with Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel https://t.co/tsrIU3mjSI #TAGC16 pic.twitter.com/nd76eKKBjS
— NatureEcoEvo (@NatureEcoEvo) July 15, 2016
Cryptic genetic variation explained by Mickey Mouse swearing in a strip club? Genius. #TAGC16 pic.twitter.com/GOYHlGDhRu
— Thomas Merritt (@tjsmerritt) July 15, 2016