Oldest known sex chromosome emerged 248 million years ago in an octopus ancestor
Oldest known sex chromosome emerged 248 million years ago in an octopus ancestor
www.livescience.com Oldest known sex chromosome emerged 248 million years ago in an octopus ancestor
The oldest-known sex chromosome emerged in octopus and squid between 455 million and 248 million years ago — 180 million years earlier than the previous record-holder, scientists have discovered.
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Cephalopods are so much cooler than we give them credit for. These guys sex!
For some weird reason, I'm picturing Roger from American Dad.
So it had sex with the rest of the animals?
The first consentacle.
Nice
Scientific studies in Japan show strong correlation of evolution on tentacles and sex chromosomes. 👀
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