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Sea Spider Shock: Missing Gene, Vanishing Body, Evolution’s Strangest Plot Twist

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In a scientific first, researchers have mapped the sea spider’s entire genome in high resolution, uncovering a fascinating link between its unusual body and a missing gene. Unlike its arachnid cousins, the sea spider has no real abdomen and even keeps some of its organs inside its legs. Scientists found that this strange anatomy may [...]

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An international research team involving the Universities of Vienna and Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has, for the first time, decoded the genome of a woodlouse spider (Pycnogonum litorale) almost completely at the chromosome level. The results provide insight into the development of its extraordinary body...

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Sci Tech Daily broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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