The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

A West Virginia University biologist is studying why some animals can regenerate while others cannot and has identified the genes that play a role in the process. Christopher Arnold, assistant ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously thought, but also in echinoderms (invertebrates). This is one of the most ...

Erwin, Douglas H. 2005. "The origin of animal body plans." In Evolving Form and Function. Fossils and Development: Proceedings of a symposim honoring Adolf Seilacher for his contributions to ...

An image of a planaria, a flatworm that can regenerate its entire body, under a fluorescent microscope. WVU research, led by biologist Chris Arnold, is looking at genes that lay the framework for ...