Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!
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By , on September 25th, 2012 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , ,  

Starting around 540 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion many animal phyla, including the freshest of them all—bivalves, came into existence. Within ~100 million years, bivalves gained gills modified to filter feed, siphons to better breath, and a muscular foot to bury themselves into the sediment. However, for the last ~400 million years . . . → Read More: Can Bivalves Kick It? Yes they can!

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Assembling the Little Skate Genome
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By , on May 28th, 2011 3 comments   Evolution, Fish, New Research   , , ,  

This past week I was visiting the University of Delaware to attend the 3rd Skate Genome Annotation workshop, sponsored by the IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Program from the National Center of Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health. As the title suggests, we’re looking at real data from the genome project . . . → Read More: Assembling the Little Skate Genome

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Release of the Daphnia Genome
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By , on February 4th, 2011 5 comments   New Research, Plankton, Uncategorized   , , , ,  

Today marks the long-awaited release of the Daphnia pulex genome, published today in Science. Why is this such a momentous occasion? Well first of all, there are four people from my lab whose names are on the paper, so I will probably get free beer at some point today to celebrate (score!). But more importantly, . . . → Read More: Release of the Daphnia Genome

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