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Sand Dollar Larvae Use Cloning To 'Make Change,' Confound Pred

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Biologists find that sand dollar larvae created clones of themselves within 24 hours of being exposed to fish mucous, a cue that predators are near. The cloning process resulted in small new larvae and original larvae that were substantially smaller.

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very interesting article.. :)

gained a deeper insight to those little creatures that help clean our sandbeds everyday..

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