How Rotifers Steal Foreign DNA to Repair Their Own Genes

How Rotifers Steal Foreign DNA to Repair Their Own Genes

The post How Rotifers Steal Foreign DNA to Repair Their Own Genes appeared first on A-Z Animals.When you are a tiny animal living on moist lichen, a dry spell is a disaster. Your cells collapse, and your DNA breaks down, leaving you a dried-out husk of a creature. Yet, the remarkable bdelloid rotifers (Philodina roseola) can come back from this dried-out state. They can do this because they have stolen DNA from other creatures! We explored how a…