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Lamprey ammocoete in1cc syringe (by Megan Hoffman)
University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have identified what they think is the ancestral trait that allowed for the evolution of air breathing in vertebrates. They will present their research at the 42nd annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Oct. 17 in New Orleans.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-10-scientists-vertebrate-air.html#jCp