维也纳大学研究人员揭示了章鱼、乌贼和墨鱼非凡智力的遗传学基础。1研究表明，这些头足纲动物的复杂神经系统进化可能源于数亿年前发生的大规模DNA重组事件。1该研究由Thea Rogers博士领导，已发表于2026年10月12日的《自然通讯》期刊第17卷第1期。1
研究的核心发现指向一种被称为"调控缠绕"的现象，即基因组三维结构的重新排列形成了新的基因间连接。1Rogers博士指出："基因组不仅是基因序列。它折叠成复杂的三维结构。理解这种结构如何演化对于理解新的生物复杂性形式如何产生变得越来越重要。"1这种基因组结构层面的变化可能为头足纲动物进化出高度发达的神经系统提供了遗传学基础。1
Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered that the remarkable intelligence of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish may stem from massive DNA reorganization that occurred hundreds of millions of years ago 1. According to the study, large-scale rearrangements in the three-dimensional structure of these cephalopods' genomes created new connections between genes, a phenomenon the researchers term "regulatory entanglement," which likely drove the evolution of their complex nervous systems 1.
The findings, published in Nature Communications Volume 17, Issue 1 in 2026, were led by Dr. Thea Rogers and her team at the University of Vienna 1. As Dr. Rogers explained, "The genome is not just a sequence of genes. It folds into complex three-dimensional structures. Understanding how this structure evolves is increasingly important for understanding how new forms of biological complexity arise" 1.
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