Clues to nervous system evolution found in nerve-less sponge
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have turned to the simple sponge to find clues about the evolution of the complex nervous system and found that, but for a mechanism that coordinates the expression of genes that lead to the formation of neural synapses, sponges and the rest of the animal world may not be so distant after all.