Volume III Interdisciplinary Sciences
Frequency-dependent Selection in Scale-Eating Cichlids
How Natural Selection Affects “Handedness” in an Asymmetrical Fish
Written by: Amy Yao | Edited by: Sophia Ravenna | Photo by Los Muertos Crew
However, it has a rather grotesque diet: this fish, more commonly known as the scale-eating cichlid, feeds almost exclusively on the scales of other live fish, tearing them off the fish’s body with a peculiar, angled mouth.
Greenland Sharks Can Live for About 5 Times Longer Than Humans!
Exploring the Genetic Causes of Longer Lifespans in Greenland Sharks
Written by: Arjun Dharan | Edited by: Jay Lee | Graphic Design by: Daniela Banda
The Greenland shark has 6.45 billion DNA bases, which is roughly twice as many as in humans and the biggest set of genes of any other shark sequenced so far. Scientists have finally sequenced the Greenland shark’s genome (a complete set of DNA) to discover the sharks’ 22,634 protein-coding genes with 20,274 genes functionally annotated.
Gay Termites: How Some Animals Evolved to Be Gay
Why Same-sex Sexual Activity is not an Accident in the Animal Kingdom
Written by: Charli Lu | Edited by: Amy Yao | Graphic Design by: Gina Phu
Homosexual behavior is seen across all major groups of invertebrates and vertebrates, from nematodes to amphibians. For primates in particular, same-sex activities are observed in more than 51 species out of only a few hundred.