NUI Galway highlights reproductive flexibility in hydractinia, a Galway bay jellyfish

(National University of Ireland Galway) A new study, led by Dr Tim DuBuc and Professor Uri Frank from the Centre for Chromosome Biology at NUI Galway, has found that Hydractinia, a North Atlantic jellyfish that also lives in Galway Bay, reproduces in a similar way to humans but does so far more flexibly.