Sponge shines light on life’s origin
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 16:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The simple sponge can reveal much about life on Earth. Researchers who have sequenced the genome of one Down Under inhabitant are learning just how common those roots are. In a paper published...
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