Posted on 07/18/2008 5:43:32 AM PDT by Soliton
Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent - all without initial involvement of DNA. Yale University researchers describe July 18 in the journal Science how bacteria accomplish this amazing feat - and in doing so provide a glimpse of what the earliest forms of life on Earth may have looked like.
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That's an artistic rendition. In actuality I have no idea what they really looked like or whether or not they had belly buttons.
You posted the picture. I thought you were trying to make a point. Sorry!
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