You know how people can be going along, minding their own business, and then they see some cute big-eyed puppy and they go "Awwwww," and their hearts melt, and then it's all a big sloppy mushfest? I felt that way the other day, as I was meandering down some obscure byways of the developmental biology literature, and discovered the dicyemid mesozoa … an obscure phylum which I vaguely recall hearing about before, but had never seriously examined. After reading a few papers, I have to say that these creatures are much more lovable then mere puppy dogs. Look at this and say "Awwwww!"
Light micrograph of Dicyemid japonicaum rhombogen. AX, axial cell; C, calotte; IN, infusorigen; P, peripheral cell.
O dicyemid mesozoan, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Continue reading "Dicyemid mesozoa" (on Pharyngula)
Awwwww!
这是一个非常好的主意！只是想说，感谢你共享的信息。只要继续写这本专类。我将您的忠实读者。再次感谢。
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