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SHAPE SPECIFYING FUNCTION. "Given that the molecular function of ncRNA may at least be partially conveyed through secondary or tertiary structures, mining evolutionary data for evidence of such features promises to increase the resolution of functional genomic annotations." (ncRNA = non coding RNA). http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/07/11/nar.gkt596.full View in LinkedIn

NON-CODING DNA. "Lack of conservation does not impute lack of function, as variation underlies natural selection." http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/07/11/nar.gkt596.full View in LinkedIn

SECONDARY STRUCTURES. "Evolutionarily conserved RNA secondary structures are a robust indicator of purifying selection and, consequently, molecular function." http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/07/11/nar.gkt596.full View in LinkedIn

EXON CONSERVATION. "Exonic splice enhancers' "abundance at exon ends explains, at least in part, why exon ends tend to be more conserved than exon cores." https://lnkd.in/drMDPh6 View in LinkedIn

SEA CHANGE. "The majority of the human genome is dynamically transcribed into RNA, most of which does not code for proteins. The once common presumption that most non–protein-coding sequences are nonfunctional for the organism is being adjusted to the increasing evidence that noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) represent a previously unappreciated layer of gene expression essential for the epigenetic regulation of differentiation and development." https://lnkd.in/guFKNHU View in LinkedIn

LARGE CELLS. “A cellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a monstrously large single cell, visible by an unaided eye.” https://lnkd.in/gxgxfjB View in LinkedIn

LARGEST SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM ON EARTH, that can grow to three square meters. They also find the quickest route to food on mazes. Slime molds can drive a robot. https://lnkd.in/gQjgVZg View in LinkedIn

PULSING SLIME MOLD. https://lnkd.in/gw3tH27 View in LinkedIn

TIME LAPSE of slime mold colony growth over 8 hours, forming a giant fruiting body, a new community structure. https://lnkd.in/gNYfh5m View in LinkedIn

A COLONIAL SLIME MOLD composed of voluntary individuals. https://lnkd.in/gzgbvqF View in LinkedIn