Kara Yopak (@profsharkbrain) 's Twitter Profile
Kara Yopak

@profsharkbrain

Sharks, brains & laser beams - My lab focuses on comparative neuroanatomy of sharks, batoids, & chimaerids. Director of the @YopakZoMBiELab at @UNCWilmington

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Jane Williamson (@urchinhunter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great new paper by Thomas et al. showing that Port Jackson sharks modify skeletal muscle capillaries based on the thermal regime. Peyton Thomas, Emily Peele, Kara Yopak Culum Brown 🇺🇦 Connor Gervais Charlie Huveneers sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Charlie Huveneers (@huveneerssseg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New paper alert: Differences in muscle tissue response to thermal stress in two Port Jackson shark populations; led Peyton Thomas sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper alert: Differences in muscle tissue response to thermal stress in two Port Jackson shark populations; led Peyton Thomas sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Chris Mull (@drsharkbrain) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hot off the press! Derek Sauer quantifies variation in elasmo inner ears. Considerable variation with habitat and prey type. Presented Elasmobranch Society last week and published this week! Kara Yopak #craigratford rdcu.be/dhBHe

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Ever wonder about variation in shark inner ears? Check out PhD student Derek Sauer ‘s recent paper in Scientific Reports - an amazing paper with an amazing collaborative team! Chris Mull #craigradford UNCW Biology & Marine Biology Department rdcu.be/dhBHe

Lucille Chapuis (@sharkslikejazz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great work from great researchers🤩. Check out these 3D representations of sharks inner ears and their diverse shapes! rdcu.be/dhBHe 🦈👂

Great work from great researchers🤩. Check out these 3D representations of sharks inner ears and their diverse shapes! rdcu.be/dhBHe 🦈👂
iobjournal@sicb.org (@iobjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We really can't. Sounds fantastic! & for anyone who might've missed your co authored work , Interspecific Variation in the Inner #Ear Maculae of #Sharks Sauer, Yopak, Radford doi.org/10.1093/iob/ob…

We really can't. Sounds fantastic! 

& for anyone who might've missed your co authored work , 
Interspecific Variation in the Inner #Ear Maculae of #Sharks
Sauer, Yopak, Radford
 doi.org/10.1093/iob/ob…
Adam Shaw (@kabukivision) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today’s the day! GlanceBar for visionOS is now available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id64777648… GlanceBar consolidates all of your day's essentials (time/date, weather conditions, upcoming events, and reminders) into a single compact window bar. #applevisionpro #indiedev

Save Our Seas (@saveourseas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do sharks have ears? Unlike us, sharks have no need for external ears. Instead, they feel the sound with their whole bodies! In this episode, Dr Lucille Chapuis talks to us about the fascinating topic of shark hearing! saveourseas.com/worldofsharks/…

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Hot off the press! Out now in Current Biology "Maternal investment evolves with larger body size and higher diversification rate in sharks and rays" Read here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jCxB3QW8S6E… Massive thanks to my co-authors Matt Pennell Kara Yopak and Nicholas Dulvy

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The sequence and drivers of the evolution of live-bearing and matrotrophy are fundamental questions in vertebrate macroecology, and sharks and rays with their reproductive diversity (everything from egg-laying to placentas) are an ideal group for addressing these questions.

The sequence and drivers of the evolution of live-bearing and matrotrophy are fundamental questions in vertebrate macroecology, and sharks and rays with their reproductive diversity (everything from egg-laying to placentas) are an ideal group for addressing these questions.
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Egg-laying is ancestral and live-bearing and matrotrophy (additional maternal nourishment beyond the initial yolk) have evolved multiple times. While some groups are invariant (all skates lay eggs), groups like the requiem sharks exhibit diverse reproductive modes and habitats

Egg-laying is ancestral and live-bearing and matrotrophy (additional maternal nourishment beyond the initial yolk) have evolved multiple times. While some groups are invariant (all skates lay eggs), groups like the requiem sharks exhibit diverse reproductive modes and habitats
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Live-bearing and matrotrophy co-evolved with increasing body size, shallower depth, and more tropical distributions. Larger maternal body size accommodates retained embryos, and increased foraging efficiency with reduced predation risk may allow for more maternal investment

Live-bearing and matrotrophy co-evolved with increasing body size, shallower depth, and more tropical distributions. Larger maternal body size accommodates retained embryos, and increased foraging efficiency with reduced predation risk may allow for more maternal investment
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Understanding repro mode evolution in sharks and rays we can test different theories about how these traits relate to diversification dynamics (i.e. rates of speciation and extinction): the Viviparity Driven Conflict Hypothesis and the Novel Ecological Opportunity hypothesis.

Understanding repro mode evolution in sharks and rays we can test different theories about how these traits relate to diversification dynamics (i.e. rates of speciation and extinction): the Viviparity Driven Conflict Hypothesis and the Novel Ecological Opportunity hypothesis.