Why Aren’t There Vertebrate Super Pygmies?

Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 17:10 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Why aren’t there are super pygmy vertebrates?For most vertebrate animals, their early embryonic development unfolds in extremely congruent fashions.Embryo growth is stem cell-dependent and in large part, despite different gestational periods, the molecular and cellular machinery that controls vertebrate development is almost perfectly conserved. read more

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