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Invasive, blood-sucking fish 'may hold the key to understanding where we came from,' say biologists
The two cell types—pluripotent blastula cells (or embryonic stem cells) and neural crest cells—are both "pluripotent," which means they can become all other cell types in the body. In a new ...
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Human origins tied to ancient jawless blood-sucking fish
The researchers also looked at pluripotent blastula cells, which are more primitive cells that the team believe are linked to the evolution of the neural crest. These cell types can also ...