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DIVINATION. "Still, the decision-making capability that Unanimous AI has tapped into is impressive. The UNU platform has been remarkably accurate so far in predicting the outcome of things like last year's Oscars, the Superbowl and even political races." http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-artificial-swarm-intelligence-uses-people-to-make-better-predictions-than-experts/ View in LinkedIn

VERY HIGH GENE EXCHANGE IN GUT. "Human-associated bacteria have a 25-fold higher rate of gene transfer than do bacteria in other environments, highlighting the important role of gene transfer in host-associated bacterial communities." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

VERY HIGH GENE EXCHANGE IN GUT. "Human-associated bacteria have a 25-fold higher rate of gene transfer than do bacteria in other environments, highlighting the important role of gene transfer in host-associated bacterial communities." https://lnkd.in/dbY8TYa View in LinkedIn

HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER IN GUT. "The gut microbiome adapts to changing diets and conditions not only by shifting community membership but also by changing gene content via horizontal gene transfer." https://lnkd.in/dbY8TYa View in LinkedIn

GUT MICROBIOME. "Microbial communities in the vertebrate gut respond to the host diet over both daily and evolutionary time scales, endowing animals with the flexibility to digest a wide variety of biomolecules and cope with and even flourish under conditions of diet change." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

OPEN COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. "Although animals and bacteria have different forms and lifestyles, they recognize one another and communicate in part because, as described above, their genomic “dictionaries” share a common and deep evolutionary ancestry." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

METABOLIC BOLT-ONS. "Many invertebrates have intracellular bacterial symbionts whose genes encode metabolic capabilities lacking in animals, such as the synthesis of essential amino acids, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis. Certain marine invertebrates that feed on algae maintain algal plastids as photosynthetically active symbionts, a behavior that allows the host to use photosynthate as a food source for extended periods." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

GENOMIC EXPANSION. "The intertwining of animal and bacterial genomes is not just historical: by coopting the vastly more diverse genetic repertoire present in its bacterial partners, a host can rapidly expand its metabolic potential, thereby extending both its ecological versatility and responsiveness to environmental change." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

“Many animal genes are homologs of bacterial genes, mostly derived by descent, but occasionally by gene transfer from bacteria. For example, 37% of the ∼23,000 human genes have homologs in the Bacteria and Archaea, and another 28% originated in unicellular eukaryotes." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

SHARED GENES. "Analysis of the large number of full genome sequences presently available reveals that most life forms share approximately one third of their genes, including those encoding central metabolic pathways." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn