Heretical hypothesis of the day: bacteria take up very short and damaged DNA from the environment and passively integrate it in their own genome. This mechanism has also been shown to work with a modern bacteria’s uptake of 43,000 years old mammoth DNA.” Tomorrow’s post of 3943 -- Bacteria Recycle Broken DNA: Modern Bacteria Can Add DNA from Creatures Long-Dead to Its Own – demonstrates the hypothesis true. “This discovery may have major consequences – both in connection with resistance to antibiotics in hospitals and in our perception of the evolution of life itself.”
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:42:23 +0000
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