I had forgotten about this drawing 🐡

🚨 We discovered a new mode of Hox gene regulation in annelids! 🪱 A distal enhancer acts as a "global control region", lifting Hox genes from Polycomb repression. This is reminiscent of Hox gene control in vertebrates, but the two modes likely evolved convergently. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Please share: last week to apply for a PhD position on comparative and population genomics in high elevation butterflies 🦋

Did I have many important things to do this afternoon? Yes. Did I spend it drawing Nanimoteuthis haggarti? Also yes. 🐙🦑 #sciart

An analysis in Nature Health reveals spatial patterns of pesticide exposure and liver tissue-derived molecular signatures across Peru, establishing links between pesticide usage and cancer insurgence at the national scale. go.nature.com/41hOBAK 🧪

Limited fossil records and genomic information has made it difficult to determine the evolutionary history of squid and cuttlefish, until now. Published in @natecoevo.nature.com, @cephagus.bsky.social and team identify the ‘long fuse’ that led to today’s diversity: www.oist.jp/news-center/...

Pablo Villar et al discover male octopus mating arms are sensory organs used to find females, navigate internally to the oviduct & deliver sperm. From behavior to structure, these findings offer a framework for how sensory systems shape reproduction & species barriers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our new paper on squid and cuttlefish evolution is out in @natecoevo.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41... /1

This curious worm uprooted itself from the sand like a carrot being pulled up by an invisible person, and rolled around in the current for a bit before starting to dig itself back in. You can see the sand grains slowly traveling over some mucous layer as it slowly reverses into the sand.

The so-called Pikachu nudibranch (Thecacera pacifica) going about its business