▲ 1134 ▼ electruleician (piefedimages.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com) submitted 11 months ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 143 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Klear@quokk.au 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) I'll settle for some unlikely and interesting bits out of context, such as the existence of single-cell dogs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Single cell what now?! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) I'm not a biologist myself, so this explanation might be full of errors, but the gist of it is: A dog got cancer. Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? Well, one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? I have no idea. Don't ask me to verify this stuff! one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. I regret asking! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) Single cell what now?! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) I'm not a biologist myself, so this explanation might be full of errors, but the gist of it is: A dog got cancer. Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? Well, one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? I have no idea. Don't ask me to verify this stuff! one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. I regret asking! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) I'm not a biologist myself, so this explanation might be full of errors, but the gist of it is: A dog got cancer. Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? Well, one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? I have no idea. Don't ask me to verify this stuff! one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. I regret asking! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Cancer tissue is a part of your body with the same genetic information, just growing uncontrollably, right? I have no idea. Don't ask me to verify this stuff! one of the cancer cells got separated and somehow learnt to survive on its own, reproducing asexually and started a lineage of a new single-cell organism that still exists to this day. This single-cell organism has the same DNA as the dog. Genetically speaking it is a dog. I regret asking! permalink fedilink source parent