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ygritte | 6 months ago

Too bad, I was hoping for an electron microscope photo or something.

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pointlessone|6 months ago

vanderZwan|6 months ago

Oh wow, that looks a lot more complex than I expected for something that's supposed to be extremely "stripped down" from a genomic POV.

I mean, I know the article mentions it "has its own ribosomes, cellular structures that synthesize proteins, and it can replicate itself without the help of a host" but that doesn't always translate to complex structures plainly visible underneath a microscope.