Two species of worms have retained remarkably similar patterns in the way they switch their genes on and off despite having split from a common ancestor 20 million years ago, a new study finds.

McNally puts the transparent worm under a microscope, focuses on a single egg cell and records videos as the different proteins — marked by their red, green or blue glow — delicately maneuver about.

Even after 20 million years of evolutionary separation, two tiny worm species show astonishingly similar patterns in how they turn genes on and off. Scientists mapped every cell s activity during ...

Once upon a time, about 18 million years ago, there was a more typical type of tiny transparent worm. "Happy-go-lucky, male and female, dating on a regular basis," says Gunsalus.

A tiny worm which procreates by jabbing a needle-like penis into its own head has left biologists in Europe stunned. Journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B reported that the bizarre beast is a ...

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Two species of worms have retained remarkably similar patterns in the way they switch their genes on and off despite having split from a common ancestor 20 million years ago, according to a new ...

Once upon a time, about 18 million years ago, there was a more typical type of tiny transparent worm. "Happy-go-lucky, male and female, dating on a regular basis," says Gunsalus.