California 2-spot Octopus (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

California 2-spot Octopus

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Researchers from UC Berkeley, the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and the University of Chicago have sequenced and annotated the first cephalopod genome, the California two-spot octopus. Here, an octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) displays its blue eyespot and its long, flexible, sucker-laden arms.

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Judit Pungor

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