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cephalopods can rewrite their RNA

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2017-04-07 23:00:41
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https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/04/07/smart-cephalopods-adapt-editing-genes-sacrifice-ability-evolve [uchicago.edu]

Octopus, squid and cuttlefish are famous for engaging in complex behavior, from unlocking and escaping from an aquarium tank to instantaneous skin camouflage to hide from predators. A new study suggests their evolutionary path to neural sophistication includes a novel mechanism: Prolific RNA editing at the expense of evolution in their genomic DNA.

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