Pioneering research reveals the origins of the ventral nerve cord in early molting animals. An international team of ...

An international team of scientists has uncovered a fascinating piece of the evolutionary puzzle: how the ventral nerve cord, a key component of the central nervous system, evolved in ecdysozoan ...

Scientists have unraveled the evolutionary history of the ventral nerve cord in ecdysozoan animals, revealing that the common ...

Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and smaller groups like kinorhynchs (“mud dragons”) and priapulids (“penis worms”). Their central nervous systems, ...

In 2007, tardigrades were the first animals to survive outer space. Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic ...

Cysts may need surgical removal, often with additional medical treatment with a drug such as albendazole or praziquantel. Trichinellosis is an infection caused by roundworms (nematodes) and is most ...

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