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All Right, Who Put the Squid Genes in the Octopus?

Jul 06, 2007

Hawaii isn't just good for volcanoes and surfing. This article from Honolulu's Star Bulletin reports on what appears to be a new sea-dwelling species. The creature looks like half squid and half octopus, according to the scientists who have flocked to examine it. Sounds like a genome sequencing project to us.

 

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