Shahan Derkarabetian
Opiliones. Systematics. Evolution. Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Sci-fi. Metal. Cyborg. deaf w CI. He/him. Opinions are mine.
- Reposted by Shahan Derkarabetian@sderkarabetian.bsky.social et al. developed a metazoan ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set, providing a resource for multiple research groups working on vastly different animal lineages. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf193 #genome #evolution #compbio #phylogenetics
- New paper, accepted. Open access. Metazoan UCEs, plus other things like pairwise comparisons of 21 probe sets across 58 genomes and divergence times. Huge group effort on this! doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
- Reposted by Shahan DerkarabetianSpider Biology Field Course!! from July 1 - 9, 2025 experience the outstanding biodiversity of spiders and non-spider arachnids found in montane southeastern AZ; taught by Greta Binford, Paula Cushing, & Marshal Hedin $946 for tuition, room & board. See www.amnh.org/research/sou... for details.
- Reposted by Shahan Derkarabetianwelcome to the world new spider genus Siskiyu. you've been lurking in the dark, magical woods of far northern California for millenia. Now the humans have finally gotten around to telling your story, at least in part this research was funded by the NSF OA here zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1402...
- Reposted by Shahan DerkarabetianSci-comm at its finest! @sderkarabetian.bsky.social and I just published a systematic study of arachnids in the Magic: The Gathering card game @mtgarena.com. We discuss classification and evolution of spiders across the multiverse. Check it out here: virginianaturalhistorysociety.com/wp-content/u...
