Moontanman Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 Spongy Genome The marine sponge Amphimedon queenslandica evolved from single-celled ancestors before the Cambrian explosion, making it one of the earliest multicellular organisms. However, when Bernard Degnan of The University of Queensland and colleagues analyzed the sponge's genome, they saw that it shared genes that are characteristic of more complex animal traits, suggesting that these genes evolved before multicellularity itself. Read more: Spongy Genome - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/57838/#ixzz18hp3Vanx Quote
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