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Cockroach genomes are packed with DNA transferred by their endosymbiont bacterial partners
- June 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Genes aren't just transferred from parents to their offspring. Nature has found other ways to pass on genetic information, even between different species. And a new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reports that cockroaches, in particular, are riddled with DNA transferred from another species.
Originally published at Phys.org