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Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one. (newatlas.com)

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[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How do the organelles become integrated into the algae's genetic code? If the algae reproduced, the other organism would no longer be there in its offspring, correcr?

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I finished the article. That part takes 100 million years.

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