Tag: Mollusca
Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere
“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from?
Kimberella and Controversial Relationships — A Chronological Synopsis
It is remarkable, indeed, how detailed a medusoid morphology was projected onto Kimberella fossils and later recognized as pure fantasy.
Telescope-Like Eyes in a “Simple” Mollusk
Scientists were dumbfounded to find shellfish looking at them with hundreds of elegantly designed eyes.