Hi folks,
Science needs a cephalopod laboratory model for comparative genomics!
with the new marine aquarium facility being constructed at where I work (University of Texas at Austin) I am contemplating the possibilities...
As far as I am aware, none of the ceph species are currently used as a genomics/genetics laboratory model. I would greatly appreciate your opinion on which species might become such a model. The requirements (in order of importance):
1. must propagate in aquarium
2. must be made to reproduce at a whim of experimenter (i.e. in any season, with any partner)
3. stages of development should be accessible (i.e., egg casing should be transparent and removable without killing the embryo)
3. have short generation time (from hatching to sexual maturity)
4. preferrably small (
Science needs a cephalopod laboratory model for comparative genomics!
with the new marine aquarium facility being constructed at where I work (University of Texas at Austin) I am contemplating the possibilities...
As far as I am aware, none of the ceph species are currently used as a genomics/genetics laboratory model. I would greatly appreciate your opinion on which species might become such a model. The requirements (in order of importance):
1. must propagate in aquarium
2. must be made to reproduce at a whim of experimenter (i.e. in any season, with any partner)
3. stages of development should be accessible (i.e., egg casing should be transparent and removable without killing the embryo)
3. have short generation time (from hatching to sexual maturity)
4. preferrably small (