- New research has shown that a species of sea slug can detach it’s head and grow a new body. The technique may have evolved to deal with parasite infections https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sea-slug-detached-head-crawl-regenerate-grow-new-body 29 comments worldnews
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- RNA injected from one sea slug into another may transfer memories https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rna-injected-one-sea-slug-another-may-transfer-memories 24 comments
- Extreme autotomy and whole-body regeneration in photosynthetic sea slugs: Current Biology https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00047-6 7 comments
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