11/12/2008
Octopus Family Tree Traced Using New Molecular Evidence (Science Daily)
Many of the world's deep-sea octopuses evolved from species that lived in the Southern Ocean, according to new molecular evidence reported by researchers.
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11/12/2008
Galway, Ireland (Irish Emigrant)
Among delegates attending the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Valencia, Spain this week is Principal Investigator Dr Louise Allcock from NUI, Galway . With colleagues from Cambridge University, Queen's University Belfast and the British Antarctic Survey, she will report on the first molecular evidence that a large proportion of deep-sea octopus species evolved from common ancestor ...
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11/12/2008
Researchers trace octopuses' family tree (PhysOrg)
Many of the world's deep-sea octopuses evolved from species that lived in the Southern Ocean, according to new molecular evidence reported by researchers at Queen's University Belfast.
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11/11/2008
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: "Smile" Octopus Spawned Many Species (National Geographic)
The evolutionary ancestor of many of the world's deep-sea octopus species is still living, according to a new gene study of new species and other animals.
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11/09/2008
Incredible Deep-Sea Discoveries Announced (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
An astounding batch of new deep-sea discoveries, from strange shark behavior to gigantic bacteria, was announced today by an international group of 2,000 scientists from 82 nations.
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11/10/2008
Astonishing Life In Ocean's Depths: Major Progress Made Towards Historic Census Of Marine Life (Science Daily)
In a report on progress toward the first Census of Marine Life, more than 2,000 scientists from 82 nations announce astonishing examples of recent new finds from the world's ocean depths. Among revelations in fourth interim global highlights report are the Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species and the discovery of Behemoth bacteria, colossal sea stars and mammoth mollusks.
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11/09/2008
Octopuses share 'living ancestor' (BBC News)
Deep-sea octopuses evolved from a common ancestor, whose closest relative still exists in the Southern Ocean, a study shows.
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