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Viviane Callier 柯蔚文

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freelance science writer, biology, physiology, evolution, ecoevodevo; bylines @quantamagazine @sciam and more. also, biostatistics. she/her
Rockville, MD vivianecallier.com Joined February 2012
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Viviane Callier 柯蔚文 @vcallier
A mind-bogglingly old sex chromosome, in octopus!
cool research from @pastramimachine lab,
with great context and comments from @evolscientist @sexchrlab @jessicakabbott 🙏
Scientific American Verified account @sciam Sep 3, 2024
The octopus sex chromosome appears to have been maintained over hundreds of millions of years, making it the most ancient of such chromosomes in animals trib.al/XrWEz1e
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How the sugar gliders got their wings scientificamerican.com/article/how-su…

@R_Mallarino @JorgeMorenoPhD & colleagues' work out in @nature today - a beautiful evodevo story!

many thanks to @s__ellis @UCSDCooperLab for great context and perspective on the findings.
www.scientificamerican.com How Sugar Gliders Got Their Wings Several marsupial species, including sugar gliders, independently evolved a way to make membranes that allow them to glide through the air