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By: Gabriel Fazito

Gabriel Fazito — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:59:58 +0000

Truly fascinating stuff and also quite logical. The intracellular amastigote cycle of the parasite makes it likely to occur DNA swapping if the cell reacts to the infection or if the cell dies from the infection. It probably works both ways but it might be a little harder to identify human genes in the right T. cruzi unless you do a populational study. Hm, that’s actually more interesting than my old line of research on Chagas disease.

By: Michael Meadon

Michael Meadon — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:34:43 +0000

Getting Darwin’s DNA directly? I don’t know. I suppose it might be, but it all depends on what’s preserved of him and how well. (Is there hair?). I doubt we could exhume his body…

By: Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:22:18 +0000

I imagine it still might be possible to get some of Darwin’s DNA directly. (?)

By: Stephen Wells

Stephen Wells — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:22:57 +0000

Suddenly, a thousand B-movies become plausible; being bitten by a bloodsucker really can alter your genes.