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🚨Exciting pre-print from the lab!👉"Pervasive evolution of tissue-specificity of ancestral genes differentially shaped vertebrates and insects". Deep comparative #transcriptomics across #bilateria by @FedeMantica et al @CRGenomica. 👀biorxiv.org/content/10.110…. Summary👇
How has tissue-specific gene expression evolved since the origin of bilaterian animals all the way to extant vertebrates and insects? To address this, we assembled a vast RNA-seq dataset covering 8 tissues and 20 species, generating 95 new RNA-seq samples for 15 species. 1/16 
Importantly, our study was entirely designed around a symmetric #phylogeny for the vertebrate and insect branches, allowing us to identify ancestral features but also parallel, convergent and divergent evolutionary trajectories between and within the two bilaterian lineages. 2/16
$114 billion is added to the US economy by trees annually. This hidden value of carbon, pollution, timber & crop tree ecosystem services is threatened by climate change, pests & fire🌳💰(1/5)
dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…
#ecology #climatechange #CleanAirNow #planttrees #CleanEnergy
dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…
#ecology #climatechange #CleanAirNow #planttrees #CleanEnergy
We calculated total net annual ecosystem service values provided by contiguous US trees and potential threats across the tree of life 🧬🌲🌳🌴(2/5)
#HumanRights #pollution #forestfire #ecosystemservices #savetheplanet #evolution #ecology #phylogeny #trees
#HumanRights #pollution #forestfire #ecosystemservices #savetheplanet #evolution #ecology #phylogeny #trees
The top 10 most valuable tree genera to the US economy are under extreme threat. Pine is declining from invasive mountain pine beetles and forest fires. Oaks and maples are declining for new home construction. Ash is in severe decline from invasive emerald ash borers (3/5)🔥🪲
since I am spending Xmas eve alone, I decided to write something about spices! What do these #spices have in common? #botany #Iamabotanist #plantmas
the answer is that all of these plants have some of these in their tissue. But what are these? #plantanatomy
these are ethereal oil cells, specialized cells that accumulate volatile substances that give the spices their aroma! They can be present in the leaves, such as in bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) or indian bay (Cinnamomum tamala)...
Sure, #posttranslational modifications rock our cells' world but where do they come from? We wondered for our favourite one and the answer floored us!
If you're also curious about the #evolution of #citrullination (and who isn't?🤓), here is the #preprint
disq.us/t/3pl33in
If you're also curious about the #evolution of #citrullination (and who isn't?🤓), here is the #preprint
disq.us/t/3pl33in
#Tweetorial to follow once #HomeSchool is finished for the day (your guess as to when that will be is as good as mine🎻🎻)
OK, here goes:
So when I started the lab, I never imagined we would carry out an evolutionary study. But as is often the case (and the fun!), Science takes you to fantastic new places. And this was quite out there!
We’d love to hear feedback/comments/criticisms on the work...1/
So when I started the lab, I never imagined we would carry out an evolutionary study. But as is often the case (and the fun!), Science takes you to fantastic new places. And this was quite out there!
We’d love to hear feedback/comments/criticisms on the work...1/
