University of Georgia researchers discovered important genetic clues about the history of microorganisms called archaea and the origins of life itself in the first ever study of its kind. Results of their study shed light on one of Earth’s oldest life forms. “Archaea are an ancient form of microorganisms, so everything we can learn about […]
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Cryptic Clams: Biologists Find Species Hiding in Plain View
March 14th, 2013 
Riffin Cryptic comments seem to have an ambiguous, obscure or hidden meaning. In biology, cryptic species are outwardly indistinguishable groups whose differences are hidden inside their genes. Two University of Michigan marine biologists have identified three cryptic species of tiny clams, long believed to be members of the same species, which have been hiding in plain […]
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Tags: cryptic species, L. australis, O'Foighil, Riffin T Sajeev, Russel T Sajeev, WFS, world fossil society 
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