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8775177 No.8775177 [Reply] [Original]

Let's have a thread dedicated to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles. Post links to .pdf's, DOI's, etc. Screenshots of the article are welcome too. Maybe give a short summary of it.

Any STEM field goes. Psychology and Economics are also both welcome if it's not an opinion piece.

I'll start off with my favorite that I've read this week:

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3120157/Massive_Horizontal_Science_May302008.pdf

"Horizontal gene transfer in metazoans has been documented in only a few species and is usually
associated with endosymbiosis or parasitism. By contrast, in bdelloid rotifers we found many genes
that appear to have originated in bacteria, fungi, and plants, concentrated in telomeric regions
along with diverse mobile genetic elements. Bdelloid proximal gene-rich regions, however,
appeared to lack foreign genes, thereby resembling those of model metazoan organisms. Some of
the foreign genes were defective, whereas others were intact and transcribed; some of the latter
contained functional spliceosomal introns. One such gene, apparently of bacterial origin, was
overexpressed in
Escherichia coli
and yielded an active enzyme. The capture and functional
assimilation of exogenous genes may represent an important force in bdelloid evolution."

So basically
>horizontal gene transfer in a metazoan, which isn't unheard of but pretty surprising
>plant genes, bacterial genes found
>fucking plant genes
>fucking bacteria genes, some even still intron-free.

Pic unrelated to the article, but this is a bdelloid rotifer

>> No.8775481

>>8775177
Nice.

>> No.8775648
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8775648

Oldie but goodie
http://sci-hub.cc/10.2307/2410907
>guy "proves" batshit crazy interphyllum cold-fusion tier hybridisation theory
>basically, inseminated "sea squirt eggs" with sea urchin sperm to prove hybdridisation is a major force in evolution or something
>20 larvae metamorphosed into juvenile sea urchins, three of which survived as adults for four year
>other guy peruses some of their DNA to see if they were actual hybrids
>100% certified sea urchin DNA, no hybrids
>"D. Williamson provided tissue samples and encouraged the testing of his ideas. Though these results contradict his identification of the putative hybrids, I commend his willingness to hazard an unpopular idea and his good humor in response to skepticism."

>> No.8775763

if it doesn't have pictures of fractals it doesn't matter

>> No.8775863

>>8775648
Good read.
>Williamson's book was widely read by nonspecialists, some of whom found his ideas interesting and credible

Sounds like a polite way of saying YEC's but I may just be reading that wrong.
I also like how he shits on every counterargument imaginable too in the discussion.

You have anymore like this?

>> No.8777894

>>8775863
Not that I recall, sorry