Development Archive
Some Eels have a Pharyngeal Jaw …
0 Comments Published by Greg September 7th, 2007 in Science Essays, Development, Evolution… that slides out of a place deep in the eel’s throat and grabs the fish’s prey, like in that movie, “Alien” …
Have a look at the following video. Watch behind the morsel of food for a thingie coming out of the moray eels’ throat:
Did you see it? Here it is again from a […]
Fish Had Leg Up
1 Comment Published by Greg May 30th, 2007 in Science Essays, Development, EvolutionThere is a new report in Nature pertaining to the evolution of limbs.
Simply put, the genetic material … in the form of HOX genes … that underlies the development of limbs in tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals) was identified in fish, and the expressio of this genetic materail in the paddlefish …
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