Friday, November 10, 2006

Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship To Humans

ScienceDaily: Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship To Humans

Amazing .. The Sea Urchin has sense-related proteins, that in humans, are used for hearing and vision --- YET --- the Urchin has neither eyes nor ears. They are utilized in the Urchin's tube foot, where they likely have some sensory function, possibly even light-sensing.

More HERE.

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