Reposted by Colin LaMontAaron Ragsdale @apragsdale.bsky.social · 21/11/2025In an earlier project simulating quantitative traits/stabilizing selection in a human-Neanderthal model, I became a bit curious about some observed fitness dynamics that I wasn’t expecting. I’m not sure if this is all that interesting or relevant, but at least it’s short. 1124
Colin LaMont @colinhl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I was lucky enough to get a rare opportunity: A podcast interview about my most recent paper! Soooo fun! You can listen here shows.acast.com/genetics-in-...shows.acast.comCan We Reconstruct Evolution's Hidden History?—A Conversation with Colin LaMont | Genetics in Your World 020
Reposted by Colin LaMontHanbin Lee @epigenci.bsky.social · 15/07/2026How should we apply linear mixed models to populations under stabilizing selection? The first paper I wrote with my grad school advisor is published in Genetics. academic.oup.com/genetics/adv... 1/n 12712
Colin LaMont @colinhl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The Felsenstein pruning algorithm (1973) is the backbone of phylogenetic inference, but what actually *is* the transition operator along a phylogeny? I feel profoundly lucky that the answer to this question fell into my lap over the course of a failed post-doc project. doi.org/10.1093/gene...doi.orgOptimal Control and the Dynamics of Ancestral LineagesAbstract. In resource-constrained populations, the growth rate of an allele is coupled to the frequency of its competitors. Since these frequencies are uno 051