Glass sponge genome furnishes insights into evolution of biomineralization

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Jun 22, 2023, 2:58 pm80 ptsTrending
Researchers led by geobiologist Professor Gert Wörheide have decoded the genome of Aphrocallistes vastus, a reef-building glass sponge found off the coast of British Columbia. The sponge possesses a unique skeletal structure of amorphous silicon dioxide, from which the class of glass sponges gets its technical…

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