How do marine fish adapt to freshwater? Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution paper by Belinda Chang's Lab and Prof Nathan Lovejoy resurrected rhodopsin proteins to reveal evolutionary history of Amazon River fish University of Toronto EEB Cell and Systems Biology U of T Arts & Science csb.utoronto.ca/resurrected-pr…

The deepwater sculpin thrives in deep lakes and cold temperatures. University of Toronto Scarborough researchers are now sequencing its genome to unravel the genetic secrets of this iconic Canadian fish. Check out our latest story written by @ThomLundy. canadiangeographic.ca/article/unrave…

Friday Fact: A giant squid's eyeball can be as big as a human head.

Excited to share MBE's first Highlight! Learn how Antarctic icefishes have adapted to see under the ice -- Looking through the Ice: Cold-Adapted Vision in Antarctic Icefish buff.ly/3KCxWPo Gianni Castiglione EvolutionVU Belinda Chang's Lab Frances Hauser @alexvn Cell and Systems Biology

Great work by Alex Van Nynatten leading this thorough evaluation of ichthyoplankton metabarcoding as a tool for detecting at-risk and invasive species in the #LaurentianGreatLakes. Research supported by @DFO_Science, University of Toronto Scarborough. Check out the #openaccess paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

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May's cover image depicts the cisco and deepwater sculpin, which show convergence of rhodopsin spectral sensitivity in deepwater populations of both species buff.ly/3P4k83k#science #evolution #biology #genome