[Coral-List] starfish only have genes for a head, not a body

[Douglas Fenner]

Genetically speaking, starfish have no arms - only a head

https://www.science.org/content/article/genetically-speaking-starfish-have-no-arms-only-head

Starfish don't have a body - they're just a big squished head

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2400256-starfish-dont-have-a-body-theyre-just-a-big-squished-head/

Molecular evidence of anteroposterior patterning in adult echinoderms

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06669-2

not open-access, see author email

Cheers, Doug
-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Huge expansion of fossil fuels planned, will be very destructive
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report

"without policy changes, the world will heat up enough by the end of the
century that more than 2 billion people will live in life-threatening hot
climates"         Will you be in that area???
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html

World subsidies for fossil fuels reached an all-time high of over $1
TRILLION in 2022, the last year for which data is available.  The subsidies
MUST end.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/