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Your Outer Ear Used To Be A Bit Of Respiratory Equipment
By incorporating the enhancers that form the human outer ear into the genomes of zebrafish, the team were able to observe that they were specifically active in the fish’s gills. They then ...
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Deep-sea robot’s artificial gills unlock endless swimming power with seawater oxygen
Researchers developed an artificial gill for ocean gliders, using hydrogen fuel to improve sustainability and extend mission ...
Scientific American25d
Our Ears Share a Common Ancestry with Fish Gills
It turns out that the flexible cartilage of fish gills bears a close correspondence to the cartilage in the mammalian outer ear, the visible part of the ear. To be sure, flexible cartilage ...
Simon Fraser University4y
Trends in organ systems - Vertebrate circulatory systems
The most extreme modifications occur in birds and mammals, but the beginnings of these changes can be seen in fish. These modifications revolve around change from gill to lung respiration and the ...