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Scientists Revive 24,000-Year-Old ‘Zombie’ Microscopic Creatures Frozen in Siberian Ice
For 24,000 years, tiny creatures lay dormant, entombed in the frozen depths of Siberia’s permafrost. These microscopic ...
The Scientist3y
Bacterial Enzyme Keeps Rotifers’ Transposable Elements in Check
Currently, little is known about the epigenetic systems in rotifers, says Jae-Seong Lee, a rotifer molecular biologist at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea who was not involved in the new ...
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Rotifer (IMAGE)
This image shows a rotifer. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...
The Scientist10y
bdelloid rotifer
A re-analysis of sequencing data from a 2016 study of these tiny metazoans reveals possible contamination, rather than an exchange of DNA among species. Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities ...
Nature17d
Studies in Heterogenesis
HETEROGENESIS means, in these studies, the per saltum origin of forms of life from other quite different forms, e.g. of a ciliated infusorian from a rotifer's egg, or of a sun-animalcule from a ...