Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Can Edit Their Own Genomes

Schneier on Security 2020-05-22

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This is new news: Revealing yet another super-power in the skillful squid, scientists have discovered that squid massively edit their own genetic instructions not only within the nucleus of their neurons, but also within the axon -- the long, slender neural projections that transmit electrical impulses to other neurons. This is the first time that edits to genetic information have...

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Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

05/22/2020, 22:33

Date published:

05/22/2020, 17:12