Leandro Aristide
leandrist.bsky.social
Leandro Aristide
@leandrist.bsky.social
Researcher @ CONICET. Argentina.
(Macro)evolution, genomics, primates.
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!

🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Last first-author paper finally published! This took too many years but even after leaving research we manage to get it done, with Odile Maliet, @leandrist.bsky.social, @noguesbravo.bsky.social, @n8upham.bsky.social, Walter Jetz, and really supportive Hélène Morlon

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Negative global-scale association between genetic diversity and speciation rates in mammals - Nature Communications
Genetic diversity and speciation rate support adaptability and species richness patterns, respectively. Here, the authors find a negative association between mitochondrial genetic diversity and specia...
www.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM