Stolen gene lets deep-sea creature go without food for years
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Researchers discovered that the giant deep-sea isopod Bathynomus acquired the ND1 gene from symbiotic bacteria through horizontal gene transfer, enabling it to slow metabolism and survive over 5 years without food in nutrient-poor ocean depths.
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