Well, this has been a long-awaited day- the first paper on our multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment (LTEE) is on the BioRxiv. Ever wonder how simple multicellular organisms evolve to become larger and more complex over thousands of gens? 1/35
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#ImageOfTheDay: October 27, 2020: We found this unusual umbrella-shaped pedestal covered with corals & sponges during a dive near Jarvis Island, a 4.5-square-km (1.7-square-mi) uninhabited island just south of the Equator.
Full caption: https://t.co/FrDQ4TOMLg
The most extreme case of female caste fate differences in ants is that between African army ant queens and workers. Here, a small Dorylus molestus worker is conveniently posing on the head of her giant queen mother. From chapter 5 of my Army Ants book: https://t.co/ESBlr8qE0k
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So my sister was evacuated for a while from her house in #ShaverLake due to the #CreekFire fire. Thankfully, her house survived, and she was recently allowed back in.
And she discovered this amazing microbial montage. It used to be a loaf of bread.