We broke the world record in ancient DNA today! 2-million-year-old DNA from plants and animals were retrieved from geological deposits and show that North Greenland was once home to an open boreal/arctic community incl. mastodon. https://t.co/QUpGZ08Xr3 https://t.co/2DBZ99tDgc
Murray’s Blind Lizardfish (Ipnops murrayi)-as larvae, the species is pelagic (living in the water column). This composite depicts an early stage larva (top), older larval fishes (progressing downward, middle fishes) to an adult at the bottom and right).
OK, so the world of early vertebrate palaeontology is EXPLODING, with 4 papers in this week's @Nature. Short* thread of why fossil fish-botherers are excited and why you should be too 🐟🦈
Spoiler alert: your evolutionary origins have just stretched further back in time.
Professor Ørjan Olsvik har fulgt flåttens reise, og vi i nord er dessverre ikke skånet lenger😬#norgesarktiske@UiThelsefak @nrktroms
https://t.co/GMj9ea3waL
UIT-forsker Peter Heintzman har funnet ut spennende ting om hestens evolusjon ved å studere genmateriale til urgamle hester!🐎#norgesarktiske@forskningno
https://t.co/H1GslpX4O1
Proud to be a part of this new paper on #meroplankton diversity, seasonality and life history traits across the polar front led by Raphaelle Descoteaux and with @owenwangensteen@elizaershova and others https://t.co/HKkESOu2D3
#metabarcoding
It is hard to know how many species there actually are on this planet, but some research suggests that there are hundreds of thousands if not millions that are unknown and undescribed as yet.🐛🦋🌏Happy #WorldBiodiversityDay! #BiodiversityDay@nansenlegacy https://t.co/5sFCqSkATV
What a nice and rewarding way to end the week hosting the #careerdevelopment day for all early career scientists of @UiTGenetics. I’m just amazed about the diversity and ambition of our students. Thanks to all for your efforts to make the day productive.
@UiTromso