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Genome Of Simplest Animal Reveals Ancient Lineage

sciencedaily.com — As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving—even in life's tiniest critters. From first detection in the 1880s, clinging to the sides of an aquarium, to its recent characterization by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a simple and primitive animal, Trichoplax adhaerens, appears to harbor a far more complex suite of capabi

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  • medfreak, on 08/23/2008, -0/+4The Genome is truly a fascinating museum of evolution. Read on Chromosome 2 the outcome of the Ape chromosome fusion leading to 46 human chromosomes instead of 48 in the rest of the Ape descendants.

    Also if you are interested you may like to read this article about the basics of the DNA and some interesting facts.
    http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/full/187132/The_ ...

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