Turtles Have Shells Due to Embryo "Origami"

Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 15:56 in Biology & Nature

Although they start out looking like chickens and mice, baby turtles go through a unique folding process inside their eggs that forms their upper shells, a new study shows.

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