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Origins Of Nervous System Found In Genes Of Sea Sponge »

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Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea sponge, a member of a group considered to be among the most ancient of all ...

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GregD
June 7, 2007, 1:55 p.m.
This is a fascinating read. The sponges lack a nervous system but yet they have all the makings of synapses. Wild....
Nice find awakebutnapping!
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Helixbuilder
June 7, 2007, 11:34 p.m.
Cool!
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awakebutnapping
June 8, 2007, 4:05 p.m.
Thanks, and I thought that was so strange and interesting that they lack a nervous system and have all the makings.
And sorry for breaking the middleman rule!