๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
A tiny marine creature with a strange lifestyle may provide valuable insights into human neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimerโs disease, according to scientists at Stanford Medicine.
Botryllus schlosseri, also called a star tunicate, is humansโ closest evolutionary relative among invertebrates in the sea. Attached to rocks along the coast, it appears as a tiny flower-shaped organism. Star tunicates start life as little tadpole-like creatures with two brains, swimming in the ocean. But eventually they drift down from the surface, settling into a stationary life on a rock, joining a colony of other tunicates.
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