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Scientists discover the starfish's head

DIGEST NATURE

WHERE WOULD you place a miniature hat on a starfish? Would you put it right in the centre, or on top of one of the points? If so, which one?

This question has puzzled zoologists and developmental biologists alike: where has mapped the body regions of sea stars to find that, actually, they are all head.

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