Strange worm reveals the evolution of digestion

Friday, October 26, 2012 - 08:31 in Biology & Nature

A Swedish–Norwegian research team shows in a new study that the intestines of the peculiar Penis worm develop in the same way as those in humans, fish and starfish. This surprising discovery shows that stomachs of very different species are formed in the same way.

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