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The single-celled parasite Leishmania can reproduce sexually, according to a study from Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The finding
could pave the way towards finding genes that help the parasite cause disease. Credit: Michael Worful

1 posted on 06/13/2019 5:16:52 PM PDT by ETL
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2 posted on 06/13/2019 5:17:06 PM PDT by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
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Gee this is too easy. The jokes write themselves.


3 posted on 06/13/2019 5:23:11 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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Dirty little buggers!


4 posted on 06/13/2019 5:24:15 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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O, for Heaven’s sakes. You mean the science on the sex life of single cell parasites isn’t even settled?


5 posted on 06/13/2019 5:31:00 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standaurds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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How is the phrase “once thought to be asexual” different from “it was settled science” ?


6 posted on 06/13/2019 5:31:32 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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Well, the jury is tsill out in the other direction on humas.


7 posted on 06/13/2019 5:33:13 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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Single celled parasites?? Look no further than democrats. They reproduce SOMEHOW


9 posted on 06/13/2019 5:34:23 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBONndering)
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I thought Mitt Romney was a robot, but he’s apparently got quite a brood.


10 posted on 06/13/2019 5:36:35 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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"The good news is we generated offspring with new genetic combinations, which are perfect for our purposes," Beverley said.

Vee hat fun creatink mawnsters, bwahahaha!

12 posted on 06/13/2019 5:38:10 PM PDT by rx (Truth Will Out!)
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“The first time
ever I saw your Mitochondria
I thought the Sun, rose in your Nuclei!”


13 posted on 06/13/2019 5:46:02 PM PDT by lee martell
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With who does the first sexual replicator mate?


19 posted on 06/13/2019 6:16:55 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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A “Leishmaniac.” Every teenage boy hopes to meet one.


24 posted on 06/13/2019 6:38:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act

Did the offspring look like Webb Hubbell?

26 posted on 06/13/2019 7:18:34 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
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Sexual reproductiuon exists in many single cell parasites https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413856/


30 posted on 06/14/2019 1:04:56 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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It was ronery.................


36 posted on 06/14/2019 6:23:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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>>>”By generating offspring with different characteristics, we can identify the genes that cause severe disease or immune resistance. That could be a step toward better treatment or prevention.”<<<

...or weaponization.


37 posted on 06/15/2019 8:39:43 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch
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