Madda
@maaseremedios.bsky.social
Spider Evo-Devo PostDoc in Durham. PhD at St Andrews. Coffee snob, previously a New Yorker, still a nail biter, forever a snail enthusiast. She/her.
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Posting this for the umpteenth time.
Beyond XX and XY: The Extraordinary Complexity of Sex Determination
A host of factors figure into whether someone is female, male or somewhere in between
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Posting this for the umpteenth time.
A perfect day: a glacial lake swim, stone skimming, spider photoshoot.
April 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A perfect day: a glacial lake swim, stone skimming, spider photoshoot.
Maybe the best* part of coming home after the best vacation of my life is uploading all my 🪲🕷️🦜🐦⬛🦎🦋 observations to iNaturalist!
*only good 🥲
*only good 🥲
April 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Maybe the best* part of coming home after the best vacation of my life is uploading all my 🪲🕷️🦜🐦⬛🦎🦋 observations to iNaturalist!
*only good 🥲
*only good 🥲
Sometimes it feels like you're stranded, just going in circles, but then some strange but benevolent hyperintelligent creature might come along, photograph you, and bring you home down past the low tide line.
February 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sometimes it feels like you're stranded, just going in circles, but then some strange but benevolent hyperintelligent creature might come along, photograph you, and bring you home down past the low tide line.
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The lab is delighted to release the first genome for the giant American vinegaroon! The slowly-evolving order Uropygi captures the strongest signature yet of the arachnopulmonate whole genome duplication. #biodiversity #genomics
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
A chromosome-level genome of the giant vinegaroon Mastigoproctus giganteus exhibits the signature of pre-Silurian whole genome duplication
Abstract. Within the arachnids, chromosome-level genome assemblies have greatly accelerated the understanding of gene family evolution and developmental ge
academic.oup.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The lab is delighted to release the first genome for the giant American vinegaroon! The slowly-evolving order Uropygi captures the strongest signature yet of the arachnopulmonate whole genome duplication. #biodiversity #genomics
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...
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Ecology & evolutionary biology (EEB) has long had issues of inclusivity & representation. @mallorymrice.bsky.social &co show that people from marginalized groups were more likely to be harmed by EEB terminology, with >200 terms perceived by participants as harmful 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/425aTaE
January 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ecology & evolutionary biology (EEB) has long had issues of inclusivity & representation. @mallorymrice.bsky.social &co show that people from marginalized groups were more likely to be harmed by EEB terminology, with >200 terms perceived by participants as harmful 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/425aTaE
Read my new paper! 🕷️🧬
New preprint from our lab. Great work by @maaseremedios.bsky.social in collaboration with Ralf Janssen looking at gene regulation and expression after whole genome duplication by comparing a spider and harvestman:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Assessing the impact of whole genome duplication on gene expression and regulation during arachnid development
Whole genome duplication (WGD) generates new genetic material that can contribute to the evolution of the regulation of developmental processes and phenotypic diversification. A WGD occurred in an anc...
www.biorxiv.org
December 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Read my new paper! 🕷️🧬
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til Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob Squarepants was a marine biology instructor at the Orange County Marine Institute before becoming an animator.
He created an educational comic called The Intertidal Zone, which is preserved in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/The-...
He created an educational comic called The Intertidal Zone, which is preserved in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/The-...
December 20, 2024 at 6:23 PM
til Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Spongebob Squarepants was a marine biology instructor at the Orange County Marine Institute before becoming an animator.
He created an educational comic called The Intertidal Zone, which is preserved in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/The-...
He created an educational comic called The Intertidal Zone, which is preserved in the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/The-...
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An ant crosses your carpet. A spider weaves a pattern older than mammals beneath your stairs. Just nod, breathe, and think, “Good. It’s all still here. The forest, the mountains, the desert. At home in my home.” The sterile white box is the stranger. Not the ant. Not the spider.
December 4, 2024 at 2:56 PM
An ant crosses your carpet. A spider weaves a pattern older than mammals beneath your stairs. Just nod, breathe, and think, “Good. It’s all still here. The forest, the mountains, the desert. At home in my home.” The sterile white box is the stranger. Not the ant. Not the spider.
A pleasure to talk to a new crowd at PopGroup – I will be back for sure!
January 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
A pleasure to talk to a new crowd at PopGroup – I will be back for sure!
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January 8, 2024 at 5:19 PM