Re:Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations
by wnoise on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @11:45PM
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The planarian result was probably insufficiently sterilizing the maze, and following previous scent-trails.
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Re:Bacteria store memories and pass them on for generations
by dejj on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @03:29AM
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Feynman quoted a Mr. Young for admirable rigorousness in maze-running experiments.
“Finding Mr Young”[1] identifies him as: “Mr Young was probably Quin Fischer Curtis, in his theses published in 1931/1936, as part of John F. Shepard’s multi-decade research programme at the University of Michigan into ‘floor cues’, going well beyond just putting sand on the floor.”