“the yeast had evolved to form clusters of more than 500,000 cells”
Yet, a cluster is still not a multi-cellular organism. So their experiment was a failure. They’re just spinning it to keep the grant money flowing.
They are building ‘cities’......................
“ Yet, a cluster is still not a multi-cellular organism. So their experiment was a failure. They’re just spinning it to keep the grant money flowing”
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Yep. Nothing new here. Perhaps they’re surprised that if you repeatedly select for a characteristic trait in a stock over hundreds of generations you’ll get that trait in your stock.
Yet another mark of our current society… we’re plagued by scientists with no creativity or imagination.