Scientists approached solving the dramatic suicide of octopus-parents
In 2018, researchers sequenced the optic genome, and saw how gene activity changes before the death of octopuses. These turned out to be the genes responsible for the production of cholesterol and insulin-like hormones. That is, the mechanism of self-destruction is really inherent in the genome of octopuses. Now scientists have to figure out what they need it for and whether other living beings have something similar.
