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Evolutionary surprise: Developmental ‘scaffold’ for vertebrate brain found in brainless marine worm

March 14, 2012 by

Scientists report finding some of the genetic processes that regulate vertebrate brain development in the acorn worm, a brainless, burrowing marine invertebrate.

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