A research team at the institute started a project to tackle the problem in 2009 and identified the key gene, from 1,600 candidate genes, to control the growth of the fish's intermuscular spine.

What she found is that embryos of the mutant fish have a single-letter change in their DNA that alters the way they build the bones and other structures that make up their spine, leaving them with ...

Turns out, fish bones contain plenty of secrets. Each species has quirky morphological variations that act much like a name tag; anything from the number of vertebrae to the bony cheek structures ...

Steaks are typically kept both bone-in and skin-on, and hail from larger, more meaty fish. Filets get rid of all the bones from the spine, although there might still be some pin-bones left to remove.

Her fish soup featured a catfish species called Pla Kayaeng and an eel called Pla Lod, both of which, per the article, are notorious for sharp spine and thin bones. The image of the extracted bone ...

At Palaikastro, where fish bones first entered her vision, the four large fish bones that were handpicked in one of SCEC’s buildings were complemented by 4,000 more when water flotation took place.

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Human-like spine morphology found in aquatic eel fossil Date: May 22, 2012 Source: University of Chicago Medical Center Summary: For decades, scientists believed that a spine with multiple ...