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11-26-2015, 01:07 AM
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Tardigrade's Genes Consist of More Foreign DNA Than Other Animals
"...The team hasn't investigated exactly how this gene-stealing is happening just yet, but they propose that it's a result of one of the tardigrade's other crazy survival mechanisms – the ability to dry out until its body is less than 3 percent water, and then come bounce back once they're rehydrated. When this desiccation happens, scientists know that their DNA breaks down into tiny pieces. They also know that when their cells rehydrate, there's a point in time when the cell nucleus is leaky, allowing DNA and other molecules to pass through. That means that while the tardigrade is quickly patching up its own genome, it may accidentally be stitching in another organism's genes. This would be a random process, but the genes that get passed down would be those that help the animals survive. Further research now needs to be done into exactly how tardigrades are obtaining this foreign DNA, and how often it’s happening..." http://www.sciencealert.com/the-tard...-of-any-animal  · |
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11-26-2015, 11:31 PM
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Re: Tardigrade's Genes Consist of More Foreign DNA Than Other Animals
What a cool looking creature.
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12-02-2015, 01:38 AM
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Re: Tardigrade's Genes Consist of More Foreign DNA Than Other Animals
Seems like real footage to me  |
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12-02-2015, 10:26 AM
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Re: Tardigrade's Genes Consist of More Foreign DNA Than Other Animals
I was mistaking, this was made with a computer, but they look exactly the same. This is a real one under the microscope. And they are a lot faster, than on that GIF image   · |
