RT @fungolution: #ESPD55 Horizontal transfer of psilocybin cluster might be the explanation for the psychedelic bluing bolete mystery? http…
RT @harpersnotes: @DaveWeese486172 @NPCollapse "Coupled with the inheritance patterns of the psilocybin cluster, .. support the hypothesis…
@DaveWeese486172 @NPCollapse "Coupled with the inheritance patterns of the psilocybin cluster, .. support the hypothesis that psilocybin .. is part of a larger adaptive strategy to dung and late wood-decay niches, which harbor abundant invertebrates that e
Another hint that the ability to make psilocybin and produce the psilocin oligomers is an evolutionary strategy that enhances mushroom fitness is the fact that the genes to make these chemicals have moved around a lot across mushrooms: https://t.co/D5idskg
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity https://t.co/YL5octP8K1
@LeftDial The nearest structure on earth to the human brain may be a mushroom genome https://t.co/sE8LUqxWcl
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity - Reynolds - 2018 - Evolution Letters - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/1xwuSMOywR
@FatherMcKennaa It actually may be part of an evolutionarily trait to alter animal behavior. 5-HT mediates feeding, psilocybin is a 5-HT analog which is way more soluble than 5-HT when converted to psilocin. It probably isn't meant to get them high, just t
RT @pitiklinov: Los hongos evolucionaron para ser alucinógenos para no ser comidos por los insectos. (OK, pero sigo sin entender que un pro…
RT @harpersnotes: @ATabarrok As wood is low in nitrogen and so promotes carnivory, are some of the fungi that seem to use psilocin to disco…
@ATabarrok As wood is low in nitrogen and so promotes carnivory, are some of the fungi that seem to use psilocin to discombobulate termite social behaviors, which are in competition with the fungi for wood resources, also carnivorous? #ZombieMedicine https
Psilocybin adaptive function possibilities. (e.g. disrupt complex termite social behavior in competition with fungi for woody resources.)
RT @fungolution: #ESPD55 Horizontal transfer of psilocybin cluster might be the explanation for the psychedelic bluing bolete mystery? http…
RT @fungolution: #ESPD55 Horizontal transfer of psilocybin cluster might be the explanation for the psychedelic bluing bolete mystery? http…
RT @fungolution: #ESPD55 Horizontal transfer of psilocybin cluster might be the explanation for the psychedelic bluing bolete mystery? http…
RT @fungolution: #ESPD55 Horizontal transfer of psilocybin cluster might be the explanation for the psychedelic bluing bolete mystery? http…
#ESPD55 Horizontal transfer of psilocybin cluster might be the explanation for the psychedelic bluing bolete mystery? https://t.co/zp1l1Kigzs
RT @LumaraLaBiologa: Es una forma muy burda de decirlo, pero sí hay un artículo con evidencia de "transferencia horizontal de genes" encarg…
Es una forma muy burda de decirlo, pero sí hay un artículo con evidencia de "transferencia horizontal de genes" encargados de producir psilocibina 🤯🤯🤯🤯https://t.co/KsaqsuF6NQ
@trikomes Caps would be more sensitive to predation by insects and carry genetic progeny- makes sense for caps to have the most anti-insect psilocybin. https://t.co/Dm1A82STR0
@trikomes Check out following for a possible answer. Caps would be eaten first which would have the most anti-insect properties inherent to psilocybin and psilobin by horizontal gene transfer. https://t.co/Dm1A82STR0
Horizontal gene transfer is when this similarity is mobilized through genetic elements , plasmids, or transposons between non reproductive species. Ie didn’t evolve independently but was somehow shared non sexually. https://t.co/HRG156CsBN
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity https://t.co/CrCv76Zuj6
Could be important - just for the record
RNA-Seq over the region from MIT's submission and respective SNPs (Torrens-Spence et al). Psilocybe cyanescens contig alignment in grey/pink highlight the horizontal gene transfer known to mark this region of the genome (Reynolds et al.). https://t.co/HR
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity [full-text pdf]: https://t.co/3sWaSZCBgB https://t.co/1KGaDvgwt1
RT @QuantumShiraz: Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity - Reynolds - 2018 - Evolution Letters - Wil…
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity - Reynolds - 2018 - Evolution Letters - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/hEwE9u14LS
@chrisletheby @Drug_Researcher To elaborate, why does such a thing exist in nature? I almost get Ophiocordyceps unilateralis vibes from it. There has been other research suggesting that psilocybin consumed by insects alters *their* minds as well--but as a
Interesting paper. Boyce et al. 2019. Also found fungal psilocybin, in annual cicadas infected with Massospora platypediae or Massospora levispora. https://t.co/aXjbCGxfTj
(except, it paints a simple picture? For example, the "produces psilocybin" genes undergo horizontal gene transfer quite a bit, including maybe to a lichen (maybe)? https://t.co/8sw4jIyB4u and https://t.co/Jfwn40TXT6 )
RT @GeneLateral: Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity https://t.co/9sY7cFqPe2
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity https://t.co/9sY7cFqPe2
Cool! The Psilocybin gene cluster was identified and found to be horizontally transferred, just last year https://t.co/ZhOBZLLO3z
Mechanisms that led to an increase in the #diversity of hallucinogenic #mushrooms: https://t.co/ehKTFXZfTk #evolution #biodiversity #genetics
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity - Reynolds - 2018 - Evolution Letters - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/Q1ymmhrims
psychedelic mushroom evolution and horizontal gene transfer https://t.co/RHZLQdVlDJ
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity published as: https://t.co/5znf7Hxsse #Evolution_Letters #biorxiv
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @AbbeAtSea: TIL #Psilocybin may have evolved to thwart insects who are munching on the wood that mushrooms like to eat! #SecMetMonday ht…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @AbbeAtSea: TIL #Psilocybin may have evolved to thwart insects who are munching on the wood that mushrooms like to eat! #SecMetMonday ht…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
TIL #Psilocybin may have evolved to thwart insects who are munching on the wood that mushrooms like to eat! #SecMetMonday
RT @RokasLab: #Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of…
#Psilocybin makes hallucinogenic mushrooms ‘magic’! HGT of the psilocybin gene cluster increased the number and diversity of magic mushrooms. See https://t.co/nxHvHTv0gu by @hreynolds_fungi and collaborators in @fungolution lab! #SecMetMonday - written wit
ふむ、あとで読む。 Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity - Reynolds - 2018 - Evolution Letters - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/8zus5m8ie1
RT @MAPSCanada: #Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal…
@BruceCordell not sure of any animals that use this, but mushrooms have evolved psychedelics to defend themselves from insects - also, some animals can derive - some frogs feed their young poison so that they become poisonous themselves https://t.co/Coxnb
"...synthesis of psilocybin may have provided a fitness advantage in the dung and late wood‐decay fungal niches, which may serve as reservoirs of fungal indole‐based metabolites that alter behavior of mycophagous and wood‐eating invertebrates" https://t.co
RT @MAPSCanada: #Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal…
Psychoactive compounds in mushrooms as insect feeding deterrents https://t.co/mmSyl6QQeg
Cool Story! The original science article is here, horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity: https://t.co/8RtDentepl
RT @MAPSCanada: #Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal…
RT @MAPSCanada: #Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal…
RT @MAPSCanada: #Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal…
RT @MAPSCanada: #Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal…
#Psilocybin #mushrooms and the #insect #brain: https://t.co/BCEn7BTmiS via @JenniferFrazer from @sciam Original horizontal #gene #cluster #research paper: https://t.co/7pZzE5gGSU
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity. https://t.co/5K05RSdNKR
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity. https://t.co/IrLnfZsWZX
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity. https://t.co/7L8Y831MbB
Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity https://t.co/02fH9mAzuu
RT @harpersnotes: "Neurotransmitter mimics may provide advantages to fungi by interfering with the behavior of invertebrate competitors for…
"Neurotransmitter mimics may provide advantages to fungi by interfering with the behavior of invertebrate competitors for woody resources (Hunt et al. 2007), especially social insects, like termites, .."
Really strengthens evolutionary results of https://t.co/LMCy1j18xG #neurochemicalecology takes another interesting step. Curiouser and curiouser
RT @fungolution: see referenced paper by @hreynolds_fungi et al https://t.co/zp1l1Kigzs
RT @fungolution: see referenced paper by @hreynolds_fungi et al https://t.co/zp1l1Kigzs
see referenced paper by @hreynolds_fungi et al https://t.co/zp1l1Kigzs
RT @EvolLetters: And the number 1 most-read paper of our first year - it's those magic mushrooms again! Horizontal gene cluster transfer in…
And the number 1 most-read paper of our first year - it's those magic mushrooms again! Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity https://t.co/0ZZYBrh4Bp, which also achieved our highest Altmetric Attention Score! https://
https://t.co/PxZ5fQcvlm - psilocybin evolved to ruin insects appetite
RT @EvolLetters: And at number 1, the article that received the most online attention in our first year of publishing was... "Horizontal ge…
RT @EvolLetters: And at number 1, the article that received the most online attention in our first year of publishing was... "Horizontal ge…
RT @EvolLetters: And at number 1, the article that received the most online attention in our first year of publishing was... "Horizontal ge…
RT @EvolLetters: And at number 1, the article that received the most online attention in our first year of publishing was... "Horizontal ge…
And at number 1, the article that received the most online attention in our first year of publishing was... "Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity" https://t.co/cOPaG0cyXc https://t.co/J4JJu1nuUI
The Slot Lab recently was featured in an article by the Genetic Literacy Project entitled - "Examining the curious genes behind 'magic mushrooms'" https://t.co/gGijjW4UUK Read more about this project below! https://t.co/AeyEUkjVlc
RT @IDsignals: Psychedelic mushrooms exchanged genes for hallucinogens because of shared niches in dung and other places... Horizontal gen…
Psychedelic mushrooms exchanged genes for hallucinogens because of shared niches in dung and other places... Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity - Reynolds - - Evolution Letters - https://t.co/718eCqfqll
inheritance patterns of the psilocybin gene cluster suggests an adaptive strategy, possibly altering invertebrate competitor behavior https://t.co/4yrMLLtrcf
RT @EvolLetters: New study on Early View offers an evolutionary insight into why some mushrooms are "magic" https://t.co/3cSCkUf7PI Image:…
RT @EvolLetters: New study on Early View offers an evolutionary insight into why some mushrooms are "magic" https://t.co/3cSCkUf7PI Image:…
Full study in @EvolLetters: "Horizontal gene cluster transfer increased hallucinogenic mushroom diversity" https://t.co/7eazue20wl via @alieninsect https://t.co/5Lo4f2nnKT
This evolution of Psilocybin paper is wild. #biology "Neurotransmitter mimics may provide advantages to fungi by interfering with the behavior of invertebrate competitors for woody resources...especially social insects, like termites https://t.co/jvkXqDu
RT @mind_europe: “What is the role of psilocybin in nature?” https://t.co/nDkKst6IF0 #SecondaryMetabolites #HorizontalGeneClusterTransfer…
RT @mind_europe: “What is the role of psilocybin in nature?” https://t.co/nDkKst6IF0 #SecondaryMetabolites #HorizontalGeneClusterTransfer…
“What is the role of psilocybin in nature?” https://t.co/nDkKst6IF0 #SecondaryMetabolites #HorizontalGeneClusterTransfer #fungi #HallucinogenicMushrooms #psilocybin #psilocin #SerotoninReceptorAgonist
RT @EvolLetters: "We speculate that mushrooms evolved to be hallucinogenic because it lowered the chances of the fungi getting eaten by ins…
RT @hreynolds_fungi: genetics/genomics of psilocybin: https://t.co/drKm6AtV0P
RT @MAPSCanada: Researchers are looking at why some #mushrooms contain #psilocybin: https://t.co/08fCkaXy2Y via @NeuroscienceNew original…