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In a brainless marine worm, researchers find the developmental 'scaffold' for the vertebrate brain

The origin of the exquisitely complex vertebrate brain is somewhat mysterious. "In terms of evolution, it basically pops up out of nowhere. You don't see anything anatomically like it in other animals," says ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Unusually large family of green fluorescent proteins discovered in marine creature

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a family of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) in a primitive sea animal, along ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1