viernes, 12 de junio de 2020

Extreme Healing, Weird Genomics, and Bloodsucking Invaders – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Extreme Healing, Weird Genomics, and Bloodsucking Invaders – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Source: Eva Mutunga and Kate Klein, University of the District of Columbia and National Institute of Standards and Technology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.​

Close-up of a lamprey’s funnel-like mouth, showing rows of yellow teeth encircling the mouth opening.

Extreme Healing, Weird Genomics, and Bloodsucking Invaders

Most animals guard their genomes zealously. Lampreys, meanwhile, toss out 20 percent of their DNA while they’re embryos in a process called programmed genome rearrangement. Some researchers suspect that it might help protect lampreys from cancer. Learn more in one of our popular posts from the past.
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