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Fun Science FRIEDay – Those Genes Look Tasty

Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 By Kersey Sturdivant
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In a very basic sense there is a general dichotomy in the grouping of organisms on this planet as either a plant or as an animal. Myself, like most of the rest of you, belong to the animal group, but there are those organisms out there that exists on the boundary; one in particular is the sea slug, Elysia chlorotica.

 

The sea slug Elysia chlorotica (Photo credit: Patrick Krug)
The sea slug Elysia chlorotica (Photo credit: Patrick Krug)

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