In biology of cells, octopus has another trick up its sleeve

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Add as preferred source Credit: Pia B from Pexels The octopus is a biological oddity. It can use tools, open jars, and its complex nervous system supports as many neurons as a small primate. Now Harvard biologists have discovered a mysterious distinction in octopuses' core biology: Some octopuses have an unusual adaptation in the protein-making machinery of their cells that helps ensure accuracy, perhaps an evolutionary byproduct of their acute sensory system.

In a study published July 29 in Current Biology , the researchers report the discovery of a structural aberration in the ribosome—the protein-manufacturing organelles of cells—that appears to be unique in the animal kingdom.