siputairtawar.bsky.social
Senior lecturer @ Uni Malaysia Sabah 🇲🇾 Biodiversity, ecology, freshwater molluscs & other inverts, invasive species, natural history collections, Southeast Asia she/her https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-0039
👤 Joined on 10 May 2024
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@siputairtawar.bsky.socialNew 🐌 paper, just out. Chiral variation of Japanese Euhadra snails is due to dominant-acting changes in a myosin I gene. Both sinistral and dextral versions are ancient and not pathological, with embryos showing few transcriptional diffs #genomics #snail #chirality www.cell.com/current-biol... 🧬🖥️
Show PostA squid banquet with worm fillings - I've written a post about the parasites which infect oceanic squids and use them as a way to climb up the food chain. 🦑🦈🐋 Not even the giant squid is spared as these worms used them as a way to reach sharks and whales 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2026/10/anis...
Show Post🐌 A decade of Brazilian land and freshwater gastropods, but still a lot to do! Learn more: molluscanhorizons.org/mh/article/v...
Show PostHere's a new contribution to #MolluscMonday :)
Show PostOCTO - ber is here! Be sure to read todays blog Scientist Spotlight: Perspectives from #Cephalopod #Biologists for World #Octopus Day by Colleen Hecker integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/s... #science #biology
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