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Long presumed to have no heads at all, starfish may be nothing but (phys.org)

submitted 1 year ago by DocMcStuffin to c/science

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[–] postmateDumbass 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So is it one creature or a group of creatures?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 9 points 1 year ago

One creature, they were just looking at where the genes expressed. There's a surprising amount of commonality in the DNA between animals, so they're able to look at where those common genes express on one vs another.

[–] Someology 1 points 1 year ago

One creature that is all head.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Depends on how many chunks you slice them into...?