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Jake Leyhr

@jakeleyhr.bsky.social

Postdoc in Sherwood Lab @ Duke University. Worms and cell invasion. Previously vertebrate skeletal/craniofacial Evo-Devo PhD @ Uppsala University. #Embryo23

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🔍️ Explore a new #proteome resource in the June issue of #G3journal 🪱 WormTagDB, an interactive resource, consolidates all known endogenously tagged alleles in #Celegans and provides #CRISPR guides and knock-ins across all protein-coding genes. @jakeleyhr.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/tMsF0Uk

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Journal of Anatomy @journalofanatomy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The Weberian apparatus boosts hearing in otophysan fish via modified bones and ligaments. Using advanced imaging and histology, a study from @jakeleyhr.bsky.social and @remorphevolab.bsky.social reveals new insights into the elusive first intercostal ligament and its role in this acoustic system

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Jake Leyhr @jakeleyhr.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🚨 New(ish 😅) publication alert! 🚨 Out now in the latest issue of the Journal of Anatomy, we described an almost completely overlooked ligament in the Zebrafish Weberian apparatus, and its potential impact on sound transmission 🐟🔊: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Let’s dive in! 🧵 1/

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The overlooked first intercostal ligament: Does it help to stabilize the Weberian apparatus?

3D rending of adult zebrafish Weberian apparatus in association with the occiput, swim bladder, and rib-bearing vertebrae, with highlighted interossicular, suspensor, and intercostal ligaments.

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BIOM @biom-banyuls.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🎉 New publication from the DEV team at BIOM! The sensory shark: High-quality data on Scyliorhinus canicula reveal the evolution of sensory organs in jawed vertebrates, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution (2024). 🦈✨ 👉 doi.org/10.1093/molb... Congrats ! #catshark #BIOM #evolution #genome

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The sensory shark: high-quality morphological, genomic and transcriptomic data for the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula reveal the molecular bases of sensory organ evolution in jawed verte...

Abstract. Cartilaginous fishes (chondrichthyans: chimaeras and elasmobranchs -sharks, skates and rays) hold a key phylogenetic position to explore the orig

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