Octopus and human brain have same 'jumping genes': study

Study shows two species of octopuses have same molecular analogy as human brain. [...] The study was conducted by Remo Sanges from Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) of Trieste and by Graziano Fiorito from Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples and published in BMC Biology, SciTech Daily reported.

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