Read the article, this is not about fungi growing on insects as it is about gene transfer.
An article published today in Science shows the first case of animals synthesizing carotenoids.
Indeed, when they looked for the most similar genes to the aphid carotenoid synthesizing genes they found that they came from fungi, which means they somehow jumped between fungi and aphids, in a process known as horizontal gene transfer. Horizontal gene transfer is not unheard-of in animals, and is actually quite common in plants (yeah, fungi are not plants, I know that), but this is the first time someone has shown a jump from fungi to animals, and that the trait that this gene conveys — color — became embedded and functional in the genome.
As an aside, many of our pseudogenes and other contents of “junk DNA” are thought to have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer.
The guy behind the genetically mutated guido, look at his hand. (I'm sorry you cannot un-see that)
On a more serious note, my roommate, a biology/pre-med major, found this article very interesting and said thanks.
Apparently horizontal gene transfer (or at least inserting useless bits of DNA) is not very hard to do in a lab environment and is very common in bacteria, viruses, and other single celled organisms. Here is another link I found from 08 that talks about bacteria (E.coli) if anyone wants a read http://genomebiology.com/2008/9/1/R4 (full text). Whatever I'm no expert in this field, but I like this type of stuff.
Thanks I'll keep on researching...regardless now my landlord only allows 1 ISP to provide to my apartment, which is him. He buys 3 T3's for 800 people on a router he bought in 2001. Lets just say 20kB/s downstream is lucky...
Anyways when I get my own place, I think I will be able to try more:)
I will be leaving college in a year (or so) and my only hesitation to dishing the cable (bad joke I know) is the occasional football games and live news. Could this be supplemented by the internet - as in watching live ESPN or The Masters with some subscription service? I haven't really done much of any research here and do not really know my options; anyone have something that you particularly like? - Thanks
What are you talking about? They only sold ICQ, an instant messenger client. They haven't gone out of business.
Meant more as a (bad) joke to the light of that I haven't seen much of anyone use AOL in years. AOL, as the article put it, is not doing so well as a company...your are correct however as this is dealing with the IM client, not the company being bought out.
"The company was forgetting what the "A" in AOL stands for (America, in case you forgot), losing its identity in a quick, worrisome desire to sprawl out in uncontrolled growth."----- Great there goes my ISP...and to think AOL was so fast. Insert "In Mother Russia" joke...
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fungi grow out of insects all the time.
Read the article, this is not about fungi growing on insects as it is about gene transfer.
An article published today in Science shows the first case of animals synthesizing carotenoids.
Indeed, when they looked for the most similar genes to the aphid carotenoid synthesizing genes they found that they came from fungi, which means they somehow jumped between fungi and aphids, in a process known as horizontal gene transfer. Horizontal gene transfer is not unheard-of in animals, and is actually quite common in plants (yeah, fungi are not plants, I know that), but this is the first time someone has shown a jump from fungi to animals, and that the trait that this gene conveys — color — became embedded and functional in the genome.
:)
As an aside, many of our pseudogenes and other contents of “junk DNA” are thought to have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer.
The guy behind the genetically mutated guido, look at his hand. (I'm sorry you cannot un-see that)
On a more serious note, my roommate, a biology/pre-med major, found this article very interesting and said thanks.
Apparently horizontal gene transfer (or at least inserting useless bits of DNA) is not very hard to do in a lab environment and is very common in bacteria, viruses, and other single celled organisms. Here is another link I found from 08 that talks about bacteria (E.coli) if anyone wants a read http://genomebiology.com/2008/9/1/R4 (full text). Whatever I'm no expert in this field, but I like this type of stuff.
Thanks I'll keep on researching...regardless now my landlord only allows 1 ISP to provide to my apartment, which is him. He buys 3 T3's for 800 people on a router he bought in 2001. Lets just say 20kB/s downstream is lucky... Anyways when I get my own place, I think I will be able to try more :)
I will be leaving college in a year (or so) and my only hesitation to dishing the cable (bad joke I know) is the occasional football games and live news. Could this be supplemented by the internet - as in watching live ESPN or The Masters with some subscription service? I haven't really done much of any research here and do not really know my options; anyone have something that you particularly like? - Thanks
What are you talking about? They only sold ICQ, an instant messenger client. They haven't gone out of business.
Meant more as a (bad) joke to the light of that I haven't seen much of anyone use AOL in years. AOL, as the article put it, is not doing so well as a company...your are correct however as this is dealing with the IM client, not the company being bought out.
"The company was forgetting what the "A" in AOL stands for (America, in case you forgot), losing its identity in a quick, worrisome desire to sprawl out in uncontrolled growth."----- Great there goes my ISP...and to think AOL was so fast. Insert "In Mother Russia" joke...
I knew they had to take the sequel to a new planet!
Look, its World Of Warcraft... I think most of us could beat that game blindfolded.
Meant all in ironic humor... just ironic that article came up so close to this; but yes, it certainly doesn't apply. :)
http://slashdot.org/submission/1226068/NASAs-space-balloon-crashes-into-car-in-Australia