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Posts by Steve Mussmann

The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Colorado Pikeminnow on December 8

The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with Colorado Pikeminnow on December 8

If you can think of a better fish for Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, let minnow!

Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!

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Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt

Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt

Researchers Determine Coelacanth Faked Own Extinction To Escape Massive Gambling Debt theonion.com/researc...

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Catostomus murivallis , a new species of sucker (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Wall Canyon Creek, Surprise Valley, in Northwestern Nevada, U.S.A. | Zootaxa

New species of sucker just dropped👍
mapress.com/zt/article/v...

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Lungfish xkcd.com/3064

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RNA xkcd.com/3056

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This was exactly what I needed this morning.

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A screenshot of the online zoology classification game “Metazooa.” Four guesses (of a possible 20) narrowing down the mystery creature in the animal kingdom lead to the winning guess, giant centipede, at the bottom of the screen.

A screenshot of the online zoology classification game “Metazooa.” Four guesses (of a possible 20) narrowing down the mystery creature in the animal kingdom lead to the winning guess, giant centipede, at the bottom of the screen.

I’ve only been playing Metazooa for a short while, but so far I am undefeated (Metazooa.com)

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I think I’ll get the hardcover edition.

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AI is like that one U2 album Apple put on everybody's devices. Nobody wants it, but there it is, anyway.

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We documented the first occurrence of Poeciliopsis monacha-occidentalis in the US. We didn’t have reference samples but were instead able to use the unique properties of this hemiclonal, exclusively female, species to make the confirmation. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

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New report highlights the scientific impact of open source software Two of the scientists who won this year’s Nobel Prize for cracking the code of proteins’ intricate structures relied, in part, on a series of computing

“We don’t value software, data, and methods in the same way we value papers, even though those resources empower millions of scientists” 💯

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Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues

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Why Is It Too Cold? Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Cold‐Water Pollution Effects on Recruitment of an Imperiled Warmwater Fish Environmental temperature shapes the ontogeny of ectotherms by influencing rates of growth and development which can be key determinants of survival. Whereas the escalating impacts of water managemen...

Here’s some of our recent work in Molecular Ecology showing that cold water dam releases could delay development of a warm water fish species (Razorback Sucker).

doi.org/10.1111/mec....

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Map showing various warnings in effect for Oregon and southwestern Washington.

Map showing various warnings in effect for Oregon and southwestern Washington.

Portland NWS may have just won Weather Bingo today. #orwx

1 year ago 101 18 5 4
A massive bloody explosion on a beach.

A massive bloody explosion on a beach.

Happy Exploding Whale Day to those who celebrate.
www.oregonlive.com/travel/2024/...

1 year ago 137 60 5 5
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High-quality reference #genome assembled for the Colorado pikeminnow—an endangered species in the Colorado River Basin—using Proximo HiC and @pacbio.bsky.social. Recent study by Steve Mussmann will aid in the conservation & understanding of desert fishes' evolution. academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

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