TGIF – All About Sea Squirts!
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By , on December 23rd, 2011 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Organisms   , , , , ,  

5 minutes of tunicate facts courtesy of the Bocas Research Station in Panama!

Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions
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By , on July 2nd, 2010 2 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, Music, New Research   , , , , , , , , ,  

Photo of Botryllus schlosseri from the Swalla Lab website Yep, that’s right. They get it on with any male gamete that passes their way. They just don’t give a [rhymes with duck]. Boom chaka-laka-boom. These loose lizzies are all about increasing genetic diversity if you know what I mean. OH, I know you know . . . → Read More: Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions

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