So you think you know your ctenophores?
Think again!

Bezio et al. describe a new family of benthic ctenophores, based on #morphological and #genetic data. Read their findings in a new #OpenAccess paper in #JSE!

🪼 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70023

@WileyEcolEvol
#systematics #jelly

Using an integrative approach combining #molecular, cytogenetic, #phylogenetic, and #morphological #data, Le-Le He and Bao-Zhen Hua reveal generic paraphyly and #chromosome #evolution in Bittacidae.

🔎 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70019

@WileyEcolEvol
#JSE #insect #scorpionfly

New publication: Size in the city: #morphological differences between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis.
#urbanisation #eggmass #parusmajor #tarsuslength
https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qraf006

Li et al. that decreased #genetic constraint on #floral architecture triggered by QTP uplift might have generated abundant #morphological variants, which were further targeted by selection for #ecological divergence.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13145
@WileyEcolEvol
#evolution #JSE #botany

IOB

Now in issue!
"We present one modeling framework, Embodied #Computational Evolution (ECE), and employ it to investigate how two types of randomness—#genetic and developmental—drive the #evolution of #morphological complexity."
E Aaron, J H Long, Jr

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae032

Liu et al. report on the origin and #morphological character #evolution of #paleotropical woody bamboos. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13751
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #biogeography #botany

ICB
Don’t miss out on (@)blackinmarinescience ‘s
Black #Philanthropy Day marathon
& be sure to check out these free BIMS / ICB reads already up:
Combining #Morphological Characteristics and DNA Barcoding Techniques Confirm Sea #Urchins of the Genus Echinometra (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in Marine #Habitat Located at Extreme Regions of the #Caribbean #Sea

https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae083
(@)stan_b_phd on X
&
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae143

by (@)aquatickay2222 on X

#reefs #microplastics #science

Just in IOB issue!
#Morphological and Mechanical Tube Feet #Plasticity among Populations of #Sea #Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
by
C A Narvaez , A Y Stark, & M P Russell

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae022

"we evaluated tube foot #morphology..."

Meet IOB co author (@)camarillo_henry of the (@)MunozLabYale
"Henry is broadly interested in form-function evolution and investigating how #biomechanical constraints may influence #morphological #evolution."

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae019

#science #biology #morphology

🪢Untangling a knot of #hybrids!🌱
Jugieau et al. use #genetic, #cytological, and #morphological data to try and differentiate Asian knotweeds in northeastern France.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13075
@wileyecolevol @wileyplantsci #PlantScience #evolution #ecology #data #knotweed #invasive #JSE #botany

In this *epic* #TBT, Kong et al. explore #species diversity and #morphological plasticity for #Jurassic Neuroptera larvae, revealing that these #aquatic lineages show striking #structural and #ecological convergence in their #evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13071
@wileyecolevol

Turtle #Morphology focus
IOB
#Morphological Diversity of #Turtle Hyoid Apparatus is Linked to Feeding Behavior
Jorgewich-Cohen et al

https://academic.oup.com/iob/article/6/1/obae014/7663569

& see cover merch (profits for SICB student funds ) https://fineartamerica.com/featured/last-supper-dylan-bastiaans.html

ICB
Wyneken et al

https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/60/2/440/5866705

IOB-
#Morphological Diversity & #Evolution of Jaw #Morphologies in Zeiform #Fishes (Teleostei, Paracanthopterygii)
by Peters, Duclos, Wilson,&Grande

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae011

& see SICB's student fund Fine Art America account

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/zenopsis-conchifer-mark-wilson.html

Using #genomic, #morphological and #ecological analyses, Rana et al. reveal the #evolutionary dynamics of cryptic speciation in a major #biodiversity hotspot and warn of the impact of a warming #climate on alpine species diversity.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13663
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #botany

Now in IOB issue!
#Morphological Species #Delimitation in The Western Pond #Turtle (Actinemys):
Can Machine Learning Methods Aid in Cryptic Species Identification?
by
Burroughs, Parham, Stuart, P D Smits, Angielczyk

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae010

Fresh in IOB issue!

Sample Size and Geometric #Morphometrics Methodology Impact the Evaluation of #Morphological Variation

by @arummel25 , Sheehy, Schachner, & Hedrick

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obae002

#morphology #biology #science #bats #womeninscience

Researchers identify #molecular basis for #morphological #diversity of #amniote #skull

#osteogenesis #Msx2 #Runx2 #Sp7

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-molecular-basis-morphological-diversity-amniote.html

IOB -Read
Parallel & Divergent #Morphological #Adaptations Underlying The #Evolution of Jumping Ability in #Ants
by L Aibekova, (@)EvanEconomo on X et al

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad026

& buy merch with cover #art donate by (@) PranavJoshi2001 on X
for the @SICB_ student fund

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/myrmecia-nigrocinta-carrying-prey-pranav-joshi.html?newartwork=true

in issue! IOB
An Open-Source #Photogrammetry Workflow for Reconstructing #3D Models
by Zhang, & Maga
https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad024

"Acquiring accurate 3D #biological models efficiently and economically is important for #morphological data collection and analysis in #organismal #biology."

IOB
A New Era of #morphological Investigations: Reviewing Methods for Comparative #Anatomical Studies-

"Modern #morphological analyses are based primarily on the use of several key techniques..."
by
K L Ford (@kassthefish ) et al

https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad008

#morphology #science #scientists #womeninstem