What fine-tunes #mammalian brain connectivity during #development?
Urtė Neniškytė, Cornelius Gross et al identify #Xkr8 #phospholipid #scramblase as responsible for #phosphatidylserine eat-me signal exposure and #axon pruning to prevent global hyperconnectivity
https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2022111790

Researchers use #genomes of 241 species to redefine #mammalian tree of life.

#phylogenetics #evolution #Zoonomia

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-genomes-species-redefine-mammalian-tree.html

#Zoonomia Project: A #Genomic Odyssey Across 240 #Mammalian Species Explains Human Disease Risks and More.
#evolution https://scitechdaily.com/zoonomia-project-a-genomic-odyssey-across-240-mammalian-species-explains-human-disease-risks-and-more/

IOB’s

Most previous studies examined wide size & #phylogenetic ranges or focused exclusively on #primates or lab mice.
This study examines the impact of body size on TBA across a smaller size range in the #mammalian clade Xenarthra...

by Zack, Smith, Angielczyk

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad002

#biology #animals #science #academic

@christinebeeton imagine if that had been one of our wedge tailed #eagles. Another of our iconic #wildlife #species with females standing up to 42" tall. Huge #birds. Beautiful to see.

An Australian #farmer would have shot it and hung it on a fence.

Anyone ever heard the expression "a #kangaroo short in the top paddock"?

It means not all there. Something's missing in the DNA that makes Australian #fharmers personally responsible for the greatest #mammalian #extinctions on the planet. Ever.

Australian #agriculture is only ever about #killing things. Even #grain growers. Everything gets #killed, that can't directly become a dollar.

@tprophet seems to me you guys are going #backwards so fast I wonder if we need to give you lessons on #killing very large #Pachyderm type animals for food since soon you'll all be cavepersons named Ugh. President Joe Ugh, Governor Ron diSantugh etc.

I'm offering of course because #Australia leads the universe in #mammalian #slaughter and eventual #extinction so we have the #runs on the board to help.

LoL. Leaders of the free world... which universe?