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  • n  biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
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  • Aquatic comb jelly floats into new evolutionary position
    In a study that compares the genomes of aquatic life forms, researchers have found evidence to shuffle the branches of the tree of life. The cornerstone of the study is the researchers' sequencing, assembly, annotation and analysis of the genome of Mnemiopsis leidyi, a comb jelly native to the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
    Dec. 12, 2013 - Science Daily
  • With new study, aquatic comb jelly floats into new evolutionary position
    ( NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute ) In a study that compares the genomes of aquatic life forms, researchers have found evidence to shuffle the branches of the tree of life. The cornerstone of the study, published in the Dec. 13, 2013, advance online issue of Science, is the researchers' sequencing, assembly, annotation and analysis of the genome of Mnemiopsis leidyi, a comb jelly ...
    Dec. 12, 2013 - EurekAlert!
  • Was Your Ancestor a Ball of Jelly? Evolution Study Surprises Experts
    The ancestor of all animals could have been a ball of jelly—also known as a comb jelly—according to new research.        
    Dec. 12, 2013 - National Geographic

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