Regeneration in the annelid worm shares similarities with that of certain vertebrates The scientists combined genetic analysis techniques (transcriptomics—an inventory of the genes expressed in ...

This makes the worm a close relative of families of annelid sea worms such as Flabelligeridae and Acrocirridae. Dr Smith added: “These families are like the top rungs on an evolutionary ladder.

Molecular biologists provide exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm Platynereis dumerilii. Specialized cells, so-called chaetoblasts, control the formation of the bristles ...

A new interdisciplinary study led by molecular biologist Florian Raible from the Max Perutz Labs at the University of Vienna provides exciting insights into the bristles of the marine annelid worm ...

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Since the site was first discovered in 2012, 500 early worm fossils have been found. Nanglu says his next steps are to look at what role they played in the larger Precambrian community.

From this perspective, the annelid worm is very different from another group of worms studied for its remarkable regenerative capacities: flatworms or planarians. Planarians possess pluripotent stem ...

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