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Re:Major leap towards reanimation after death as mammal's br... by apothegm on Saturday March 21, 2026 @12:21PM (#47468417)
Do you have a citation for the notion they can modify their own DNA? I would fairly easily believe they can modify its expression, but I’m skeptical of the idea they can modify the sequence.
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Re:Major leap towards reanimation after death as mammal's br... by yrjrjjrjjtjjr on Saturday March 21, 2026 @01:21PM (#47469047)
It is half true in that they can modify their epigenetics.
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Re:Major leap towards reanimation after death as mammal's br... by apothegm on Saturday March 21, 2026 @03:36PM (#47470482)
Right, that’s why it makes sense. And epigenetics are not changes to DNA sequences.
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