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Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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EDIT: It's legit. Thanks to the commenter below.

Can anyone in Russia confirm if this is a legit news story? It's being repeated throughout tabloids in the West all referencing this English language Siberian publication, as well as hordes of definite news apsm sites, all appear to be using the same generic images and verbetium or almost verbetium text.

Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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post #3

EDIT: It's legit. Thanks to the commenter below. Can anyone in Russia confirm if this is a legit news story? It's being repeated throughout tabloids in the West all referencing this English language Siberian publication, as well as hordes of definite news apsm sites, all appear to be using the same generic images and verbetium or almost verbetium text.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS001249661803007...

the affiliations list top Russian schools as well as Princeton.

Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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post #3

EDIT: It's legit. Thanks to the commenter below. Can anyone in Russia confirm if this is a legit news story? It's being repeated throughout tabloids in the West all referencing this English language Siberian publication, as well as hordes of definite news apsm sites, all appear to be using the same generic images and verbetium or almost verbetium text.

Yes, I found a pretty legit article actually naming researchers and having better pictures, but it says 30 000 years. Says the paper about this is published in presumably Russian journal 'Doklady Biological Sciences' and there were collaborators in Princeton.

https://news.rambler.ru/other/40414227-chervi-s-kolymy-prish...

Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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post #4
post #3

EDIT: It's legit. Thanks to the commenter below. Can anyone in Russia confirm if this is a legit news story? It's being repeated throughout tabloids in the West all referencing this English language Siberian publication, as well as hordes of definite news apsm sites, all appear to be using the same generic images and verbetium or almost verbetium text.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS001249661803007... the affiliations list top Russian schools as well as Princeton.

Thanks. If anyone wants easy access using, uhhh, a friend, here is the DOI

https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496618030079

Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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Genome sequencing of the progeny might show mutational biases during the frozen state (in the gonads, at least). It would probably be necessary to sequence an extant population to distinguish between population genetic changes (i.e., evolution) and mutation bias.

Re: Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life

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post #5
post #3

EDIT: It's legit. Thanks to the commenter below. Can anyone in Russia confirm if this is a legit news story? It's being repeated throughout tabloids in the West all referencing this English language Siberian publication, as well as hordes of definite news apsm sites, all appear to be using the same generic images and verbetium or almost verbetium text.

Yes, I found a pretty legit article actually naming researchers and having better pictures, but it says 30 000 years. Says the paper about this is published in presumably Russian journal 'Doklady Biological Sciences' and there were collaborators in Princeton. https://news.rambler.ru/other/40414227-chervi-s-kolymy-prish...

The OP article mentions two worms, one from around 30,000 years ago and the other from around 42,000.
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