Science news articles about 'sea squirt'Sea squirts have carefree sex
The simple sea squirt could be the envy of many, as new research has found the organism never has to worry about contraceptives or fertility problems.Queen's marine biologist investigates aliens beneath the waves
... , already found in Ireland, and two species that have not arrived here yet, the Japanese skeleton shrimp and a colonial sea squirt. The site is at www.marlin.ac.uk/marine_aliens
... Genome sequence of small marine creature sheds light on vertebrate origins
... of eyes, limbs, and ears. A member of the chordata phylum along with tunicates (sea squirts) and vertebrates, amphioxus lacks the backbone or spinal column characteristic of vertebrate animals, yet ... Genome sequence of lancelet shows how genes quadrupled during vertebrate evolution
... however, show instead that the lancelet lineage diverged before the tunicates and vertebrates.
"Sea squirts and their relatives have taken the basic chordate genome and simplified it in various ways ... Promising new treatment option for women with recurrent ovarian cancer
... women with recurrent ovarian cancer."
Trabectedin, a synthetic version of a compound first isolated from sea-squirts, has been granted marketing approval in Europe for the treatment of patients with ... Snails and humans use same genes to tell right from left
... , one of the three subgroups of bilateral animals that includes not only vertebrates, but also sea urchins and sea squirts.
But the most common lab animals, fruit flies and nematodes, apparently do ...
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Sea squirts have carefree sex
The simple sea squirt could be the envy of many, as new research has found the organism never has to worry about contraceptives or fertility problems.Queen's marine biologist investigates aliens beneath the waves
... , already found in Ireland, and two species that have not arrived here yet, the Japanese skeleton shrimp and a colonial sea squirt. The site is at www.marlin.ac.uk/marine_aliens ...Genome sequence of small marine creature sheds light on vertebrate origins
... of eyes, limbs, and ears. A member of the chordata phylum along with tunicates (sea squirts) and vertebrates, amphioxus lacks the backbone or spinal column characteristic of vertebrate animals, yet ...Genome sequence of lancelet shows how genes quadrupled during vertebrate evolution
... however, show instead that the lancelet lineage diverged before the tunicates and vertebrates. "Sea squirts and their relatives have taken the basic chordate genome and simplified it in various ways ...Promising new treatment option for women with recurrent ovarian cancer
... women with recurrent ovarian cancer." Trabectedin, a synthetic version of a compound first isolated from sea-squirts, has been granted marketing approval in Europe for the treatment of patients with ...Snails and humans use same genes to tell right from left
... , one of the three subgroups of bilateral animals that includes not only vertebrates, but also sea urchins and sea squirts. But the most common lab animals, fruit flies and nematodes, apparently do ...