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monkeypox_69 t1_j6qylu4 wrote on February 1, 2023 at 7:01 AM

Reply to comment by seminote in TIL DNA transfer does not only occur "vertically", that is, from parent to progeny. There is also a form of DNA transfer known as horizontal or intracellular DNA transfer, which consists in a piece of DNA being transferred from the genome of one cell to that of another—including between species. by DioriteLover

Aren't we made of a bunch of different microorganisms also? We aren't even fully human.. we were the aliens all along!

seminote t1_j6sump6 wrote on February 1, 2023 at 5:30 PM

Depends on what you mean

josetemprano t1_j6udulc wrote on February 1, 2023 at 11:14 PM

This is true of all animals and fish though - so if we're aliens then so are every other animals