Water Bears and Evolution 9-23-2017 by Paul Giem
Channel: ItIsAboutGod
Date: 2017-09-24

A recent article in PLOS Biology notes that tardigrades (water bears) have genetic affinities to nematodes and other genetic affinities to arthropods. They appear to have a composite genome, the kind that is easy to explain given a designer, but not so easy to explain if one is restricted to unguided evolution.

1. Yoshida, Y. et al. 2017. Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus. PLOS Biology Available at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002266 or http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2002266
2. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/49981/title/Genomic-Analysis-Leaves-Tardigrade-Phylogeny-Unclear/
3. https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/researchers-tiny-apos-water-bears-071000406.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfkRIH0V3xY

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