How octopi can edit their own RNA to rapidly respond to environmental changes
How organisms rapidly respond to a challenge: For an octopus, that might be a sudden plunge in water temperature, which slows enzyme activity.
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How organisms rapidly respond to a challenge: For an octopus, that might be a sudden plunge in water temperature, which slows enzyme activity.
The intriguing capacities of octopuses continue to capture the attention of the scientific community, with a remarkable discovery revealing how these
Researchers report that octopuses are able to edit genetic information to quickly resculpt those brains when confronted with changes....
This is a seriously impressive biological ability.
The idea the environment can influence that genetic information, as we’ve shown in cephalopods, is a new concept.