The coleoid cephalopods have the largest brains, and display the most complex behaviors,
of all invertebrates. The molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie these remarkable …

Few animal groups can claim the level of wonder that cephalopods instill in the minds of
researchers and the general public. Much of cephalopod biology, however, remains …

In poikilotherms, temperature changes challenge the integration of physiological function.
Within the complex nervous systems of the behaviorally sophisticated coleoid cephalopods …

The almost simultaneous emergence of major animal phyla during the early Cambrian
shaped modern animal biodiversity. Reconstructing evolutionary relationships among such …

The evolution of new traits enables expansion into new ecological and behavioural niches.
Nonetheless, demonstrated connections between divergence in protein structure, function …

Chemotactile receptors (CRs) are a cephalopod-specific innovation that allow octopuses to
explore the seafloor via 'taste by touch'. CRs diverged from nicotinic acetylcholine receptors …

Aging is characterized by the accumulation of proteins that display amyloid-like behavior.
However, the molecular mechanisms by which these proteins arise remain unclear. Here …

Cephalopods are remarkable among invertebrates for their cognitive abilities, adaptive
camouflage, novel structures, and propensity for recoding proteins through RNA editing …

Genome structural variations within species are rare. How selective constraints preserve
gene order and chromosome structure is a central question in evolutionary biology that …

Soft-bodied cephalopods such as octopuses are exceptionally intelligent invertebrates with
a highly complex nervous system that evolved independently from vertebrates. Because of …