"How TMP bug come back to life after drying up" Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Mar 2018 12:34 p.m. PST |
Just kidding! (smile)
Bugs are Zombies… like the TMP ones… (smile)
"The larva of the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki -- a mosquito-like insect that inhabits semi-arid areas of Africa -- is well known for being able to come back to life after being nearly completely desiccated, losing up to 97 percent of its body's water content. However, the genetic mechanisms the insects use to achieve this feat, and, especially is the identity of the master gene that induces desiccation tolerance have remained largely elusive. Now, researchers from an international collaboration including Oleg Gusev of the RIKEN Innovation Center and collaborators from NARO, Kazan Federal University (Russia) and Skoltech University (Russia) have discovered that a gene called heat shock factor -- which is present in some form in nearly all living organisms on earth -- has been coopted by the species to survive desiccation…"
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| Cacique Caribe | 09 Mar 2018 8:55 p.m. PST |
Reminds me of the geologist's explanation in the 2001 film Ghosts of Mars. Dan |
| Tango01 | 10 Mar 2018 11:27 a.m. PST |
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