Scientists have documented a 'new' type of symbiosis
Scientists have documented a 'new' type of symbiosis
Michael > April 25th, 2024, 03:39 AM
The article title is a bit misleading: "Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event"
Yes, well, they've been "doing the merge" for about 100 million years (so the process began when there were still dinosaurs roaming the Earth and while mammals were still all just little scurrying critters).
And, also, the "once-in-a-billion-years" is somewhat figurative (too short a timespan).
There are plenty of interesting, full-color diagrams in the article. I will not reproduce them here but this is how the article begins.
RE: Scientists have documented a 'new' type of symbiosis
RobRoy > April 25th, 2024, 12:19 PM
I'd understood this might be the case with eyes. I remember my wife, a biochemist, saying something along these lines. I've never actually dug into it, though.
RE: Scientists have documented a 'new' type of symbiosis
Michael > April 25th, 2024, 04:45 PM
What surprises me about that article is that it says plants emerged from what I guess became the animal line of evolution. I always thought it went the other way, but I guess I was wrong.
And it doesn't say how we're supposedly related to fungi, which I thought we were.
This isn't a subject that has fascinated me enough to really study it but I do like to browse these kinds of articles when they come along.