Genome Reveals Comb Jellies' Ancient Origin
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
Animals evolved gradually, from the lowly sponge to the menagerie of tentacled, winged and brainy creatures that inhabit Earth today. This idea makes such intuitive sense that biologists are now stunned by genome-sequencing data suggesting that the sponges were preceded by complex marine predators called comb jellies. [More]