This at least is the conclusion of a landmark recent paper in the journal Nature, which solved a lingering puzzle about starfish anatomy by turning to the enigmatic echinoderm's genes. Echinoderms ...

Is there a molecular axis hidden under all this weird anatomy and what is its role in a starfish forming a pentaradial body plan?" To figure it out, they used a new form of genetic sequencing ...

Is there a molecular axis hidden under all this weird anatomy and what is its role in a starfish forming a pentaradial body plan?” Together, the data created a 3D map to determine where genes ...

starfish seem to be all limbs, with five appendages lined with rows of tube feet giving them their signature shape. Marine scientists have long wondered how they evolved to have such anatomy—and ...

Starfish, also known as sea stars ... The idea was to see if the gene expression patterns would reveal a “molecular anatomy” hidden in echinoderms. “This particular suite of genes is ...

What have you got for us? BARBER: How about the weird anatomy of starfish? SHAPIRO: Cool. SCOTT: And staying up all night can ease depression - in mice. SHAPIRO: Fun. BARBER: And a record low for ...

Researchers mapped starfish genes to solve the mystery ... "For a very long time, we just had access to anatomy and morphology. And they're not very helpful when you look at a sea star," Formery ...

Where anatomy had hitherto failed ... head/trunk/tail distribution observed in bilateral species was reflected in starfish. In fact, the same genes code for these different major body parts ...