Amy Maxmen is a freelance science journalist who writes about the latest findings in medicine, health, neuroscience, evolution and science policy among other topics.
Selected Manuscripts
Neuroanatomy of sea spiders implies an appendicular origin of the protocerebral segment
A study of brain architecture suggests that sea spiders aren’t like spiders – or any other living arthropods. Instead, they resemble certain ancient and extinct creatures. Read about the controversy here.
A sea spider’s contribution to T.H. Morgan’s (1866-1945) development
Before fruit flies, Nobel Laureate Thomas Hunt Morgan pondered sea spider embryology.
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