Worms from Kolyma came to life after 30,000 year slumber
Worms from Kolyma came to life after 30,000 year slumber However, among the survivors was the only female. Zoologists from Moscow, Pushchino, and Princeton found in the sediments of permafrost in the Kolyma lowland of live round worms — nematodes. Their specific identity is managed with high precision to determine through the analysis of 18S rRNA and partial analysis of the morphology of these invertebrates. A scientific paper published in the journal Doklady Biological Sciences, and its Russian language version in the journal “Doklady of the Russian Academy of Sciences”. NewsWorms sent to space to understand how astronauts lose muscle In 2002, the protected area Duvanny Yar (68°37″N, 159°08″E) in the lower reaches of the Kolyma river scientists have learned from various depths of more than 300 samples of permafrost. Two of them, raised from the former burrows of ground squirrels at 30 meters below the present ground level, was