Hill has “thousands of gemmules in the refrigerator” (in her lab at Bates). When she wants to work with them, she thaws them out and they’ll grow into a sponge. “This is what I mean by adaptations,” ...

Recent studies have significantly advanced our understanding of freshwater sponge biodiversity ... these sponges highlights the adaptive role of gemmules in facilitating survival during adverse ...

SPONGE gemmules were collected at Cambridge in September 1945 and brought to Glasgow in a small bottle of water from the River Cam. On September 29, being impatient to make some observations on ...