Scientists Catch a “Jumping Gene” Moving Between Species

A jumping gene was directly observed moving from predator to prey through circular RNA. Dead cells are usually molecular dead ends: their fragile RNA messages rapidly disappear, and no new genetic activity is expected. But when Jens Harder and his colleagues examined the remains of a methane-producing archaeon, they found an unusually persistent ring of [...]

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