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Published online 1 May 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.793
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I vote for article three: A bacterium that packs in the genomes It would be interesting to know if this is a unique event and what relevance it has to evolution in general.
Same vote here - A bacterium that packs in the genomes. Now THAT's polyploidy.
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The other topics are also interesting but the bacterium article looks too spectacular to miss!
I would like to know more about the bacterium that maintains so many copies of its genome. What kind of fitness advantage must it have in relation to its size?
I am intrigued by Fire after Ice.
My votes for the bacterium. It's really quite amazing that it is even possible to maintain that many copies of it's genome within one cell...
So many genomes with so little time (to answer all my questions)! The diversity on this planet is astounding and my vote is for the big bacterium.
Fire after ice gets my attention