The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has successfully decoded the gene expression pattern of Indian squid (Uroteuthis duvaucelii).
- It will have major implications for various fields ranging from neuroscience to environmental science.
- Squids are known for their advanced nervous system, exceptional problem-solving skills, and complex behaviors like camouflage and jet propulsions.
- They are abundant in the ocean and researchers assume that their success rate is likely due to their intelligence and complex nervous behaviours, similar to humans which likely enable them to effectively evade fishing pressure as well as predators.
- Squids are molluscs and belong to a class called cephalopods which also includes the octopus and cuttlefish. (oysters are not cephalopods.)
