Deep-Water Origin of Freshwater Eels
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By , on February 3rd, 2010 3 comments   Fish, New Research, Organisms   , , , , ,  

Larval eel jaw diversity from Michael Miller 2009 ASMB 2(4): 1-94. There are all sort of eels in this world. Big ones, small ones, gulper eels, morays. But the most tastiest are the Japanese freshwater eel. Nothing says Ohayo Gozaimasu like fresh eel sushi topped with a mountain of pickled ginger and lightly spackled . . . → Read More: Deep-Water Origin of Freshwater Eels

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Worst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints
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By , on July 30th, 2009 4 comments   Adaptations, Carnivals & Link Love, Mating & Reproduction, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms   , , , , , , , , ,  

It’s been eight days since Miriam posted at Double XX This Wired piece on the 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs also made me want to smash some test tubes. It’s a stunningly inane list of animal adaptations that the author thinks are weird, uncontaminated by even the most basic knowledge of evolution. And the eight days . . . → Read More: Worst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints

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