Credit: Original text by OIST
Researchers took a close look at bobtail and bottletail squids to establish their evolutionary relationships and the timing of the divergence of different species.
A photo of Euprymna brenneri, the new species of bobtail squid described in the 2019 OIST study. Photo taken by Jeff Jolly, a co-author of this study.
Bobtail and bottletail squids are small marine invertebrates that are easy to collect, reproduce quickly, and can be raised together in large numbers in laboratories, making them useful model animals for research. They’re cephalopods-related to true squid, octopus, and cuttlefish, which are renowned for their intelligence and complex behaviors, but of which scientists still know little about. Now, in a new study, published in Communications Biology, researchers have used genetic techniques to show that bobtail squid and bottletail squid share a relatively recent common ancestor and that major biogeographic events might have shaped the evolu
Diversity of tiny bobtail squid driven by ancient biogeographical events, finds new study
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Jeff Jolly performs in front of technical crew Thomas Loyd (filming) and Seth Finch (in back) for Santa Fe Presbyteryâs online worship video. Courtesy of Santa Fe Presbytery
Upon this rock I will build my church. Thatâs the first reference to âchurchâ in the Bible, when Jesus declared this in Matthew 16. Itâs been a year since congregations have had to rebuild or reinvent church on a new ârock,â as the coronavirus pandemic that forced them in March 2020 to shut sanctuary doors led to new avenues for online or outdoor worship, all in an effort to keep parishioners at home and healthy. While this has been an anxious and stressful time, it also has been a fruitful one â paving the way for new partnerships among ministers and congregations who, being Presbyterian, have always heard of the value of being a âconnectionalâ church, but never fully embraced it.