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2️⃣ By blurring the line between venom and digestion, Uloboridae spiders remind us that evolution doesn’t discard complexity — it reshapes it.

#preLight + #postLight by Daniel Fernando Reyes Enríquez ⬇️👀
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Beyond venomous fangs: Uloboridae spiders have lost their venom but not their toxicity - preLights
By blurring the line between venom and digestion, Uloboridae spiders remind us that evolution doesn’t discard complexity — it reshapes it.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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2️⃣ Naah, MHV plays stress granules like a pro: show up late, strip out the translation machinery, keep your RNA away, and let these 'empty shells' persist while you replicate freely.

Moh covers a #preprint from @profvolkerthiel.bsky.social & team

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Stress granules formed during different RNA virus infections show remarkable plasticity and substantial virus-specific differences in their formation and composition - preLights
Naah, MHV plays stress granules like a pro: show up late, strip out the translation machinery, keep your RNA away, and let these 'empty shells' persist while you replicate freely.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM