Slimy fish and the origins of brain development
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
Lamprey—slimy, eel-like parasitic fish with tooth-riddled, jawless sucking mouths—are rather disgusting to look at, but thanks to their important position on the vertebrate family tree, they can offer important insights about the evolutionary history of our own brain development, a recent study suggests.