TIL Parasitic red algae inject a copy of their nucleus into other algae, hijacking the cells of their hosts - Upgoat

TIL Parasitic red algae inject a copy of their nucleus into other algae, hijacking the cells of their hosts
submitted by Conspirologist to science 2 monthsFeb 14, 2025 04:53:55 ago (+3/-3) (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC391716/

[ - ] BushChuck5002 0 points 2 monthsFeb 14, 2025 08:15:20 ago (+2/-2)

The Red Menace!

[ - ] xmasskull 1 point 2 monthsFeb 14, 2025 05:08:03 ago (+1/-0)

Ahh,yea, I saw a show about this on PBS/Nova about 5-6yrs ago.

[ - ] TheodoreKent 4 points 2 monthsFeb 14, 2025 05:21:30 ago (+4/-0)

That is how it happened to me.