The grim, final days of a mother octopus
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 15:10
in Biology & Nature
A new study uses modern genetic sequencing tools to describe several distinct molecular signals produced by the optic gland after a female octopus reproduces. The research also details four separate phases of maternal behavior and links them to these signals, suggesting how the optic gland controls a mother octopus' demise.