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Survival on the edge: the tube worm's strategy

Nature volume 407, page 671 (2000)Cite this article

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In his otherwise excellent Millennium Essay1, Roel Snieder proposes an analogy between scientific specialists and tube worms found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. He advocates Homo universalis, an interdisciplinary 'team-player' who can communicate effectively with colleagues from other fields.

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  1. Snieder, R. Nature 406, 939 (2000).

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Rummel, J. Survival on the edge: the tube worm's strategy. Nature 407, 671 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35037802

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