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Another Explanation for Multicellular Life
DrJay writes "Hot on the heels of Slashdot's coverage of a controversial model for a viral origin of the multi-cellular branch of life, Nature has published an alternative model that has nothing to do with viruses. Ars Technica's science journal has the rundown on the differences between these proposals." From the Ars article: "It's funny that this proposal for the origin of Eukaryotes should hit the popular press at a time where Nature has just published a hypothesis regarding the formation of the nucleus that has nothing to do with viruses, but everything to do with parasites. The parasites in this case are molecular: Type-II introns. These DNA sequences exist in both eukaryotes and bacteria, where they can insert in the middle of genes without causing harm because they can undergo chemical reactions by which they remove themselves from the RNA messages the genes make."
...the religious explanation has gone unchanged for thousands of years: God did it. QED
slashdot is posting dupes while this big news was just announced? *Sigh*
BlackBerry maker, NTP ink $612 million settlement
Yeah, Off Topic, so sue me. My story submissions are never accepted anyway.
$612 million dollars for not making a product. I need to get in on some of that nonsense.
"To lead the people, you must walk behind them"
I love virus'. They're cool. They're something that brings forth new challenges. Must of all they'll kill you. God love virus' They're not wll known, understood and misconceived. They're losing now...they evolve. Long live virus'. Virus rule.