The introduction of molecular data into classical systematics has already tested several evolutionary hypotheses through the analysis of individual genes such as ribosomal RNA (rRNA). However, ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. An astonishing fossil has ticked off a few world ...

Research recently published in the journal Microplastics and Nanoplastics describes a proof-of-principle study of a new method to remove nano- and microplastics from the ocean. The method employs a ...

Tunicates that were placed in the sea six months ago have now been harvested. These ocean weeds can become a new aquaculture adventure. Tunicates that were placed in the sea six months ago have now ...

Researchers have filled an important gap in the study of tunicate evolution by genetically sequencing 40 new specimens of thaliaceans, gelatinous, free-swimming types of tunicates. Woods Hole ...

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Beneath the waves, there are strange, almost alien creatures that raise questions about the evolution of life on Earth and our own earliest origins. The answers might be hiding in tunicates. Tunicates ...

When I recently posted photos of some tunicates (common marine animals of the coast) encrusting an old lobster trap to my website, a former student commented "kinda looks like someone sneezed, Doctor.

Progenitor cells that fulfil all the criteria defining the neural crest have not been observed outside vertebrates. These criteria include an embryonic origin at the lateral borders of the neural ...

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Sea squirts are an invasive species that have been in the Gulf of Maine for at least 100 years, but rising ocean temperatures ...