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Parakaryon, the only known organism whose position on the tree of life is completely unknown (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago by NeuroChai@piefed.social to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It is possibly part of a separate fourth domain of life, Parakarya.

I used to research weird algae that don't fit in so well phylogenetically speaking, and I'm kinda annoyed by the philosophy of making everything its own group, so I read the above and thought, "yeah right"

Now that I've read the article... yeah this thing is REALLY, REALLY weird. Why does it only have 1 nuclear membrane!? What the fuck are filamentous chromosomes!? WHERE IS ITS CYTOSKELETON!? HOW DOES IT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT A CYTOSKELETON!?

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really hope they find a second specimen to confirm it's not an artifact. Really cool discovery.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Time to catch some scale worms on hydrotermal vents!

[–] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Wow.

Thanks.