A team led by LMU paleontologist Bettina Reichenbacher has demonstrated for the first time that ‘earstones’ and skeletal traits permit to recognize familial relationships of the fish. more
Researchers at LMU demonstrate that sponges react to changes in their microbiome with extensive modifications in gene regulation. more
The genome of a glass sponge species suggests that silica skeletons evolved independently in several groups of sponges. more