What the HECK is up with the Tardigrade Genome?
Channel: Savannah Geary
Date: 2015-12-21

What the HECK is back to explain the recent developments in the sequencing of the Tardigrade's genome. Plus a bit of editorializing about the future of science on the internet. Look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!

Correction: Both the UNC paper and the Edinburgh paper were published with early access, but only the Edinburgh paper is not behind a paywall.
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SciShow explains Tardigrades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H0E77TdYnY
Off the Wire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUx5xoUmn8E

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References:
UNC Paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/11/18/1510461112.abstract (Abstract available without paywall)
Edinburgh Paper (Old): http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/12/01/033464
Edinburgh Paper (New): http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/12/13/033464
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/science/the-tardigrade-water-bear.html?_r=0 
http://www.sciencealert.com/the-tardigrade-genome-has-been-sequenced-and-it-has-the-most-foreign-dna-of-any-animal 
http://www.sciencealert.com/new-research-casts-doubt-on-the-claim-that-tardigrades-get-one-sixth-of-dna-from-other-species