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Last April I defended my #PhD at @KU_Leuven, in which I developed ways of looking at the #Force within your cells...

(1/20) 🧵In this #ThesisThread I will tell you exactly how I did it...
(2/20) No, at least in our galaxy, our cells do not have #midichlorians. But all ~30 trillion cells of your body are able to:

🔍Change their behavior if they #feel changes in the forces around them...

💪Exert #forces to move or to explore the environment
(3/20) Let me give you an example:

🚀When astronauts spend time in space, their bones become weaker! This means that the cells of their bones take a decision when they don't feel the #gravity anymore!

If there is no need, why should cells bother and maintain bones? Image taken from: https://w...
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Salmon usually return to their natal streams to spawn, presenting a risk of breeding between close genetic relatives.
By reducing heterozygosity, #inbreeding can deplete the genetic variability of a population, affecting offspring fitness and survival Image
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However, #salmons are externally fertilisers and females are polyandrous. So how do females control #fertilisation when this occurs outside of their bodies?
Can they somehow hamper fertilisation from their siblings?#evolution may have allowed such mechanisms Image
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To test this, we analysed #spermmotility in sibling vs non-sibling ovarian fluid, a substance released with eggs and involved in #sexualselection in #fish. Then, we compared #fertility & hatch rates between sib vs non-sib crosses after #invitro fertilisation Image
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A fisking of the opinion piece by Michelle Jongenelis (from the doghouse of @DrOliviaDoll1) in Fairfax media. No public link known (it appeared in a variety of regional newspapers around #Australia).
"THE recent death of a US man who contracted a serious lung disease after taking up #vaping comes as no surprise to many #PublicHealth advocates."
No mention of #BlackMarket, unregulated #cannabinoids, despite 6 US regions involved, explicitly mentioning it.
"Contrary to the messages being disseminated by the vaping industry (an industry now largely owned by #BigTobacco), .."
Wrong! Neither the majority of companies, nor vape sales, involve products ownership by the #TobaccoIndustry.
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