Wednesday, May 25, 2005

533: The Ultimate Spa: Embryonic Body Wash Controls Left-right Development

The Ultimate Spa: Embryonic Body Wash Controls Left-right Development:

In the current study, Belmonte's team compared the ventral node in embryos of mice, rabbits and fish, and discovered the same mechanism in all these animals: the rapid, clockwise rotation of the whip-like cilia was actively moving fluid from the right side to the left side of the developing embryo.

Another supposedly evolution free piece of research, which nonetheless demonstrates common descent, and relies on it. The research they're doing is based on fish embryos, but they care about human development. Why bother with the fish? COMMON DESCENT!