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Valerio Tettamanti

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PostDoc @ University of Queensland Coastal restoration, coral reef fishes, eDNA, UW photography.

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SA’s algal bloom is heading toward the giant cuttlefish breeding site in Whyalla. Experts warn the bloom could wipe out an entire generation. Urgent action is needed to protect the eggs, including exploring temporary relocation to an aquaculture facility.

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24.07.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A standardized nomenclature for the rods and cones of the vertebrate retina Vertebrate photoreceptors have been studied for well over a century, but a fixed nomenclature for referring to orthologous cell types across species has been lacking. In this Consensus View, the autho...

A vertebrate #vision community effort to standardise the way we call image forming photoreceptors, with new marker genes to delineate the receptor types.
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PR0 = rod photoreceptor
PR1 = formerly lws receptor
PR2 …
PR3 …

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09.05.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That angelfish pic is mesmerizing to look at tho

25.03.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I raise you a baby octopus

25.03.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First paper of my PhD is finally out in Molecular Ecology!
A mix of UV photography, transcriptomics and phylogenetic reconstructions to investigate development of UV vision and patterns in damselfishes.

doi.org/10.1111/mec....

12.02.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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