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Science 10 November 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5801, pp. 908 - 909
DOI: 10.1126/science.314.5801.908

News of the Week

GENETICS:
Sea Urchin Genome Confirms Kinship to Humans and Other Vertebrates

Elizabeth Pennisi

In a special section beginning on page 938 of this week's issue of Science, researchers describe the 814 million DNA bases that make up the genome of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Its 23,500 genes suggest that these algae-eating invertebrates have more complex immune and sensory systems than researchers had appreciated. (Read more.)

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