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Bodybuilding in Ancient Times: How the Sea Anemone Got Its Back

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A new study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known from bilaterian animals to form their back-to-belly body axis. This mechanism ("BMP shuttling") enables cells to organize themselves during development by interpreting signaling gradients. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that this system evolved much earlier than previously assumed and was already present in the common ancestor
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Bodybuilding in Ancient Times: How the Sea Anemone Got Its Back

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myscience.org broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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