Squirt

... found and relates to exactly what you said. The team found genes involved in producing the tough sheath—made of cellulose—that encompasses the sea squirt. This was unexpected because only plant and bacteria are known to produce cellulose. The ascidian genome has also acquired a number of lineage-specific ...

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... :roll: :roll: :roll: We as a group do display different symptoms but all of us have the fibers. This is our common link. When I found the sea squirt, I found an animal that produces cellulose and genes that relate to bacteria and fungus. :shock: I’m not inclined to blindly follow tam tam’s ...

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... found and relates to exactly what you said. The team found genes involved in producing the tough sheath—made of cellulose—that encompasses the sea squirt. This was unexpected because only plant and bacteria are known to produce cellulose. The ascidian genome has also acquired a number of lineage-specific ...

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I have been researching this fasinating creature and discovered that it has the ability to produce cellulose. Did anyone already know that an animal can do this or am I living under a rock somewhere. :oops: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rs/index.php Can any other animals do this too? Pea...

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... for species. Interbreeding is not supposed to happen outside of species but occasionally it might happen even across phylums such as when the sea squirt and the sea urchin mate. Some think this is how anomolous larval forms came to be, such as catepillars.

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