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🪱Ekin Tilic
@etilic.bsky.social
curator of all things wormy and spiny at Senckenberg. #polychaetes #echinoderms I've got a thing for bristles and biodiversity. 🧬🪱
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Bone-devouring zombie worms (#Osedax) 🧟♀️ make tiny, claw-like hooks. Want to know how? Check out our new paper! 😉 doi.org/10.1186/s132...
Hooked on zombie worms? Genetic blueprints of bristle formation in Osedax japonicus (Annelida) - EvoDevo
Background This study sheds light on the genetic blueprints of chaetogenesis (bristle formation), a complex biomineralization process essential not only for the diverse group of bristle worms (annelid...
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🪱Ekin Tilic
@etilic.bsky.social
curator of all things wormy and spiny at Senckenberg. #polychaetes #echinoderms I've got a thing for bristles and biodiversity. 🧬🪱
🏳️🌈he/him
69 followers72 following8 posts