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June 29, 2021 — Body axes are molecular coordinate systems along which regulatory genes are activated. These genes then activate the development of anatomical structures in correct locations in the embryo. Thus, the ...
Apr. 6, 2021 — Researchers have found that light modulates digestive system function in sea urchin larvae, even in the absence of food stimuli. Opsin cells, which are involved in light-dependent systems, mediated ...
Jan. 6, 2021 — In addition to adding strength, this design allows the structure to use its crack patterns to minimize damage into the inner ...
Aug. 11, 2023 — With 350 million years of evolution culminating in almost two centuries of scientific discourse, a new hypothesis emerges. Researchers propose a new explanation for why ammonoids evolved a highly ...
Jan. 28, 2021 — 'Shell-crushing,' an explosive sound, occurs when marine animals crack open hard shells like clams to eat the edible tissue. There hasn't been any data to support this feeding noise, ...
July 11, 2023 — Humans began altering environments long before records were kept of the things that lived in them, making it difficult for scientists to determine what healthy ecosystems should look like. ...
July 5, 2022 — Robotic ammonites, evaluated in a university pool, allow researchers to explore questions about how shell shapes affected swimming ability. They found trade-offs between stability in the water and ...
June 27, 2022 — A species of sea urchin in the Mediterranean will be able to live in our future climate-changed seas -- while other animals will die as waters become hotter and more acidic. Added to this, urchins ...
Sep. 13, 2023 — Scientists are trying to raise as many urchins as possible because they eat algae that could otherwise smother reef ecosystems and kill corals. Researchers have identified algae on which larval sea ...
Nov. 7, 2022 — Discovering a new species is always exciting, but so is finding one alive that everyone assumed had been lost to the passage of time. A small clam, previously known only from fossils, has recently ...
