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Long presumed to have no heads at all, starfish may be nothing but (phys.org)
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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So is it one creature or a group of creatures?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

One creature that is all head.