Never mind.
Posted on 07/12/2026 10:57:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The finding, made by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, shows that genes are not always inherited only from parent to offspring. Some genes can move, and in this case, the researchers directly observed evidence that a jumping gene can pass between species, from predator to prey.
Jumping genes are genetic parasites found in bacteria, plants, animals, and humans. They can be released inside cells as small RNA molecules from ribonucleic acid (RNA), then use specialized mechanisms to insert themselves into other parts of the genome. When they land in a new place, they can sometimes give a cell new traits, which can speed up evolutionary change.
One special type of jumping gene is known as a self-splicing intron. These introns use an RNA enzyme, called a ribozyme, to cut themselves free from RNA. That ability makes them unusually independent within the cell.
Ribonucleic acids are the working messages of living cells. These long-chain molecules carry instructions from the genetic material to the cell’s protein factories, and they are normally broken down quickly from their ends. Dead cells usually do not retain ribonucleic acids.
In this case, the intron RNA could survive because it forms a circle. With no open ends, the ring-shaped RNA resists the enzymes that would normally break it apart.
“The stability of intron RNA in its ring form is a distinctive feature. In humans, circular RNA molecules influence many metabolic processes, and their role in tumor development is currently the subject of intensive research. Applications in RNA vaccines, for example, against the Covid virus and certain forms of cancer, are also in the pipeline. Our study has shown that in microorganisms jumping genes can be transferred to other species via their circular RNA,”
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“Jumping Gene!” That sounds like some Wrassler famous for jumping down off the cables that surround a ring.
Jumping down and attacking his opponents.
“small RNA molecules...insert themselves into other parts of the genome”
“That sounds like” a certain popular conspiracy ‘theory’ on FR.
Rna, did the “ shot “ have some of those rings, opps, I mean the “ shot “ DID Not !!!!!! have any.
Just wondering.
Mean GENE from the Gong Show comes to mind!
Mexican Jumping Gene?
Rumor has it that the MRNA Covid shot was able to shed for a time.
Whereas Jumping Jean is both a verb and a proper noun. (Not really “proper”)
Look up “retrotansposon” for more information on RNA’s behaviours in the cytoplasm of a cell.
Bad spelling...”retrotransposon” is correct.
Gene Gene the dancin’ machine...
That’s what I was thinking. Funny, we were told that no way could there be any such impact from a “certain vaccine.”
Horizontal gene transfer is fascinating.
I used to know a girl like that
Exactly.
The Internet is loaded with videos of the results. Yogi knows.
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