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re: Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event

Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:32 am to
Posted by ProbyOne
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2004
1916 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:32 am to
We witnessed something terribly unlikely

Or maybe it’s not as uncommon as we thought
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57528 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:34 am to
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"fixing" nitrogen straight from the air, and combining it with other elements to create more useful compounds.
ugh purple hulled peas already do this.
Posted by Corinthians420
Iowa
Member since Jun 2022
7229 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:47 am to
What a time to be alive.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119554 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:47 am to
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One possible benefit is that it could give scientists a new avenue to incorporate nitrogen-fixing into plants to grow better crops.


Back in the late '80s I was a student worker in the Soil Microbiology Dept in the Ag building. Dr. Breitenbeck was doing this research with soybean plants to produce a better soybean yield with less fertilizer via a genetically engineered rhizobia to fix more atmospheric nitrogen that the plant can metabolize. It was a good experience.
Posted by Stealth Matrix
29°59'55.98"N 90°05'21.85"W
Member since Aug 2019
8040 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:57 am to
Everything eventually evolves into a crab.
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
51880 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 11:00 am to
GOD DID THAT NOT SCIENCE
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63555 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:02 pm to
That's our replacement species. The end is nigh!
Posted by SoFla Tideroller
South Florida
Member since Apr 2010
30527 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 12:31 pm to


I bet they develop into pods
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30676 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:16 pm to
The Earth always finds a way to sustain itself
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
151110 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:46 pm to
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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event

Despite the massive odds, congrats to Owlfan for finally having sex.
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6547 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 1:58 pm to
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The first occurred about 2.2 billion years ago


Posted by ThatTahoeOverThere
Member since Nov 2021
3689 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:05 pm to
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35726 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:24 pm to
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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event


How did science find out I got a blowjob from my wife
Posted by cbree88
South Louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
5672 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:28 pm to
If there’s only been 2 times that this has happened before, where did all the other organelles inside of cells come from?
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
64652 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 2:48 pm to
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to create more useful compounds.


Well frick, stop inundating us with the specifics.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 2:48 pm
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
58419 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:08 pm to
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when an archaea swallowed a bacterium that became the mitochondria.


The powerhouse of the cell.
Posted by Guntoter1
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2020
1053 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 3:52 pm to
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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary eventby LSUDVM1999


This is total BS
Please explain how DNA of the host organism incorporated the DNA of the assimilated organism and then was able to reproduce with a new genetic code that now included new information..
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
90567 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:20 pm to
Opened the thread because it was 6 pages and the topic seemed interesting
Read op and was like damn thats pretty freaking cool
Kept reading to see why this is 6 pages
Oh :facepalm:
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
81366 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 4:49 pm to
Wasn't there a John Carpenter film about this?
Posted by First Sergeant1
Enterprise, Alabama
Member since Dec 2018
324 posts
Posted on 4/18/24 at 5:27 pm to
Stupid
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