Group leader at CABD (Seville). Previous at Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (Berlin). Interested in evolutionary genomics of moles and in any other living creature! Email: fmarrea@upo.es Web: https://fmreallab.github.io/website/https://bsky.app/profile/fany-real.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fany-real.bsky.social/post/3mn7lxayqc227Cool study showing how alternative cell types can synthesize hormones in the vertebrate gonad! A previously unrecognized role for this relatively new cell type. Congrats to the authors 🥂🥂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:5mrn2ft5un4bh5d7rbwvooa2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn7lxayqc227https://bsky.app/profile/fany-real.bsky.social/post/3mk3yjgbzg22hI had fun writing this JC on the butterfly eyespots, one of my favorite examples of co-option! 🦋🦋👁️ Always nice to revisit the papers and people behind concepts we use all the time nowdays! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-026-00957-z22 Apr 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:5mrn2ft5un4bh5d7rbwvooa2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3yjgbzg22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fany-real.bsky.social/post/3mekzu2iums2bHappy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #11F #NoMoreMatildas 🧑‍💻🧑‍🔬🧑‍🏫🧑‍🔧🧑‍⚕️11 Feb 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:5mrn2ft5un4bh5d7rbwvooa2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mekzu2iums2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fany-real.bsky.social/post/3me4oovdtqk2fBeautiful work showing how useful are the comparative single cell analyses to understand cell type evolution and functional diversity! Congrats 🥂🥂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:5mrn2ft5un4bh5d7rbwvooa2/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4oovdtqk2f