This work was led by Luis Baudouin Gonzalez, myself, and @mcgregorlab.bsky.social , with help from Anna Schoenauer, Amber Harper, Daniel Leite, @POMSteinhoff, @Pechmann_M, @saadarif81, Valeriia Telizhenko, Atal Pande @multipleye_lab & Carolin Kosiol, funded by @LeverhulmeTrust at @morethanadodo
Sneak preview of one of my favourites: evidence for subfunctionalisation in Six3 genes in jumping and wolf spiders! Six3.2 expression throughout the secondary eyes surrounds Six3.1 expression at the centre 3/n
to how spiders have achieved the staggering diversity we see today! While their retinal determination (RDG) repertoires are pretty conserved, there are some crucial differences in the timing and patterns of expression that correlate with adult morphology and behaviour.. 2/n
As a last-minute holiday treat, please enjoy our new pre-print on the development of spider visual systems! We compared seven species, representing all major clades and a range of visual ecologies and morphologies, and identified some new clues 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Two MRes projects available from Oct 24: 1 Sexual dimorphism in fly eyes Collab with @maikekittelmann.bsky.socialwww.findamasters.com/masters-degr...@laurensr.bsky.socialwww.findamasters.com/masters-degr... Please pass on to your students!
Are you a student in animal behaviour looking for funding? We have created a list of grants for you! Our microgrants go some way to supporting you personally and we hope that this list helps you to find the rest of what you need: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Sheet1 Name of the grant:,What type of grant?,Who is eligible?,How much money?,Which organisation?,Link to the grant: ASAB Undergraduate Recognition Award,Award,Undergraduate students,NA,Association ...
Two exciting Masters opportunities with @mcgregorlab.bsky.social ! If you're interested in eyes, genome evolution, and arthropods, look no further!
PhD project available to work on spider eye development, evolution and vision with me @laurensr.bsky.social@viveknityananda.bsky.socialiapetus2.ac.uk/studentships... Please RP.