Comments on: Sea pens http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/sea-pens/ Science and nature for all Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:49:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Recap « skepticalsquirrel http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/sea-pens/#comment-126 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:32:54 +0000 http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-126 [...] Deep water corals of the non reef building variety were next on the list: “Sea Pens” [...]

]]> By: Backwards before we go forwards « skepticalsquirrel http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/sea-pens/#comment-102 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:33:35 +0000 http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-102 [...] below is one of the oldest known animal fossils, Charnia, which is similar in its body shape to the sea pens I covered in an earlier post, although it is not thought to be related to it. Charnia fossil, image [...]

]]> By: skepticalsquirrel http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/sea-pens/#comment-78 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:21:31 +0000 http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-78 GFP that is used in labs is usually from a jellyfish (Aequorea victoria), and it was from A.victoria that GFP was first synthesised, so when people speak about GFP, it is usually that one which they refer to, but there are a number of other species which have these proteins in them too :)

]]> By: argylesock http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/sea-pens/#comment-77 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:48:48 +0000 http://skepticalsquirrel.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-77 So that’s where GFP comes from! I thought it was a jellyfish protein. It’s so incredibly useful in labs, isn’t it? In case you don’t know this already, somebody is writing a WP blog about it called greenfluorescentblog

Meanwhile your post about sea pens has reminded me of the sheer wonder of natural history! Thank you for writing so eloquently and showing us such beautiful photos.

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