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Eat more to grow more arms…if you’re a sea anemone – Mirage News

An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows…

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An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows depends on the amount of food it eats. The results are presented in Nature Communications.
These four images show the development process of the characteristic tentacle arms of a sea anemone. Credit: Anniek Stokkermans/EMBL
Your genetic code determines that you will grow two arms and two legs. The same fate is true for all mammals. Similarly, the…

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