and a wonderful final thought from the wonderful and always thoughtful Dr Margherita Battistara. Margherita initiated this project, recruited @wolframponisch.bsky.social to collaborate with, and Prof Ewa Paluch and I to supervise. I'm so thrilled (and proud!) that this work is out!!!

Margherita Battistara@mbattistara.bsky.social · 4w ago

Final thought: development is not one fixed script. Evolution finds different mechanical solutions to the same morphogenetic problem. Or, more simply: when things get crowded, the beetle finds another dimension. 🪲 #EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium

Final thought: development is not one fixed script. Evolution finds different mechanical solutions to the same morphogenetic problem. Or, more simply: when things get crowded, the beetle finds another dimension. 🪲 #EvoDevo #gastrulation #morphogenesis #development #Drosophila #Tribolium

Differences b/w key developmental events in different species are common. We wanted to QUANTITATIVELY describe such differences, + discover the CAUSES and CONSEQUENCES of the differences Read the full thread for more, including how we achieved the goal of many dev bio folk: we SPED UP DEVELOPMENT!!

Margherita Battistara@mbattistara.bsky.social · 4w ago

🪲🪰 Our preprint is out! This was a team effort with @wolframponisch.bsky.social, @matthewabenton.bsky.social and Ewa Paluch. We asked whether Drosophila and Tribolium use the same cell behaviours to fold their embryos during gastrulation. 🧵👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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