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This Bizarre Organism Builds Itself a New Genome Every Time It Has Sex
Oxytricha trifallax lives in ponds all over the world. Under an electron microscope it looks like a football adorned with tassels. The tiny fringes are the cilia it uses to move around and gobble up algae. What makes Oxytricha unusual, however, is the crazy things it does with its DNA.
Oxytricha trifallax lives in ponds all over the world. Under an electron microscope it looks like a football adorned with tassels. The tiny fringes are the cilia it uses to move around and gobble up algae. What makes Oxytricha unusual, however, is the crazy things it does with its DNA.
Source: Wired
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2014, 7:20am
Views: 1212
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2014, 7:20am
Views: 1212
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