We first examined the morphology and development of the dorsal ridge in sea
lamprey at various developmental stages (Fig. 2; supplementary material Fig.
Not exact matches
But
at a certain threshold — like a tickle turning to a sneeze — the electrical activity suddenly spiked, and simultaneously the
lamprey's tail began to swish back and forth, as if the creature were swimming, continuing for about 20 seconds.
All the muscles of our faces develop from a strip of cells
at the base of the embryonic head, just as they do in
lampreys, which belong to one of the oldest lineages of vertebrates alive today.
And Pung - Pung Hwang, a zoologist
at the Academia Sinica in Taipei, says the team also needs to look
at more - ancient fish, such as
lamprey and sturgeon, as well as fish living in saltwater.
Her laboratory
at Caltech maintains one of the very few laboratory populations of
lamprey in the world.
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[email protected] Woods Hole, Mass. — Many of the genes involved in natural repair of the injured spinal cord of the
lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous system in mammals, according to a study by a collaborative group of scientists
at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and other institutions.
«This fossil changes how we look
at lampreys today,» said Coates, associate professor of organismal biology and anatomy.
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