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Brains only for you
Brain size might dictate the laws of attraction in guppies.
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Pollutants produced by poriferans: using genetics to fill in blanks about sponge chemical production
Although its easy to mistake a sponge for a furry looking rock, these invertebrates and the microbes that inhabit them…
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Clamate Change: How clams may be able to cope with a warming world
Global temperatures are increasing at a rate never before seen in Earth’s history. Although efforts to mitigate this are still…
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Ain’t no killing the killifish (for now): on the virtues of genetic diversity
Atlantic killifish are spared extinction in the face of pollution thanks to their remarkable genetic diversity.
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Exciting strides for eDNA: Insights into whale shark population genetics
In the past few decades scientists have found new and exciting ways to use DNA to answer scientific questions. There…
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Sharkcano, a melting pot for biology
No, a Sharkcano is not a volcano that erupts sharks. IT IS WAY COOLER THAN THAT! It is a submarine…
Biology Genetics
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!
It’s been an incredible year and a half, but this will be my final regular post with Oceanbites. Thanks for…
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Light on the Tree of Life: Evolution of Bioluminescence
The darkness can be scary sometimes--but that's when evolution can get pretty crazy in its adaptations. Meet some of the…
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Cool Fact! Octopuses spawn with ease when temperatures are lower
Octopuses in the YP may experience temperature changes that do not bode well for reproduction. At what point will the…
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Plant Parents: Divide, Seed, and Conquer
Phragmites is the ultimate parent in terms of reproductive success, allowing it to increase in area by 25% since 1971…
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Parenthood: The Most Rewarding Experience or The Ultimate Sacrifice?
Our human parents make a lot of sacrifices for us! They devote their time and energy, provide for us, invest…
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Why Mom Cares.
Does mom care? If you are a skink from the wrong neighborhood she might, otherwise, you are on your own…
Biology Genetics
A cod by any other name would taste as sweet?
Seafood is a staple of the American diet, particularly on the coasts. Distributors frequently mislabel seafood, accidentally or fraudulently, because…
Biology Genetics
Little fish, new pond – watching stickleback evolution in real-time
When most people think about evolution, they see it as an extremely slow, gradual process that occurs over almost unthinkably…
Biology Genetics
Stressed-Out Oysters: Molecular Coping Mechanisms for Anxiety
Oysters live a life of constant stress in the ever-changing intertidal habitat. In order to deal with extreme variation in…
Biology Genetics
Healthy Obesity: Whales and Dolphins Benefit from their Blubber
Scientists study the genetic underpinnings of blubber formation in whales and dolphins, highlighting genes that may play a key role…
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Seeing with skin: the secret to octopus camouflage
Capable of blending into the environment in a matter of seconds, the octopus in no normal sea creature. But just…
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Protecting Hometown Herring
River herring are anadromous fish, which means they live most of their life in the ocean but spawn in freshwater…
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Long live the seagrass! The relationship between human disturbance and genetic diversity
The Mediterranean seagrass plays very important ecological functions but human disturbances are thought to be one of the main causes…
Biology Genetics
Clams Catch Contagious Cancer
Clams along the northeastern coast of North America are suffering from a form of cancer that researchers have recently discovered…
