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Gert Wörheide
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Professor (Chair) of Paleontology & Geobiology @ LMU Munich.
Evolution, genomics and biomineralization of spineless organisms. 🪸
Coral reef & Stoner/Doom aficionado. 🤘
Views are my own.
www.geobiology.eu
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🧪 associated press release by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

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Biomineralization: how sponges form their calcite spicules
LMU researchers identify key proteins for biomineralization in calcareous sponges and find evidence for the convergent evolution in sponges and corals.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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also many thanks to @fonamental.bsky.social for handling the nice and enjoyable review process at @peercommunityin.bsky.social #pcigenomics!
May 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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peer-reviewed and recommended
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Exploring the correlation between speciation and genome rearrang...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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May 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reposted by Gert Wörheide
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A recommendation of the preprint "Genomic changes are varied across congeneric species pairs of animals" by Warren Francis, Sergio Vargas, and Gert Wörheide: tinyurl.com/y82japny
Genomic changes are varied across congeneric species pairs of animals
Synteny, the shared arrangement of genes on chromosomes between related species, is a marker of shared ancestry, and synteny-breaking events can result in genomic incompatibilities between…
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May 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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revised version here (27-12-2024)
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December 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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looks like fun, can you add me please?

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Gert Wörheide
‪LMU München, Professor (Chair) of Geobiology & Paleontology‬ - ‪‪16.295-mal zitiert‬‬ - ‪Molecular Geobiology & Palaeobiology‬ - ‪Phylogenomics‬ - ‪Molecular Systematics‬ - ‪Comparative Genomics‬
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December 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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nice one, pls add me, thanks
November 24, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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please add me to the feed
my labs website, we are studying the evolution of coral reef organisms
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thanks!
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November 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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sponge, coral, and echinoderm systematics and taxonomy - feel free to add me 🙂
November 21, 2024 at 10:17 PM