Though RNA editing has been observed before, in animals ranging from humans to nematode worms, this is the first time an edit has been tied to a clear evolutionary difference caused by a feature of the environment in this case ambient temperature.
Internet crime has evolved from the vandalism of early worms to schemes to bilk users out of personal information and cash.
Cuban anglers also must fashion their own lures, melting down the rubber from old tennis shoes to make worms.
His infection became so severe that he began to cough up the worms from his lungs.
Competitors may not dig worms from the ground but must use vibrations to call forth the mini-beasts.
Dahl's books are full of the grotesque, from Mrs Twit substituting worms for her husband's spaghetti, to child-eating giants in the BFG, and the hero of Danny the Champion of the World drugging pheasants so that they're easier to poach.
The enforcement agency considers the Games an amateur enterprise, even though Olympic basketball players can come from the NBA. "We feel it would open a big can of worms to determine who's professional and who isn't professional, " said Jerry Markling, the NGCB's chief of enforcement.
But Sir John showed the wisdom of Dr Brenner's choice when he discovered that (sex cells aside) adult worms all have 959 cells in them, and that the pattern of cell differentiation which leads from egg to adult is the same in every individual.
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"Kites are opportunistic scavengers, to conserve energy they feed mostly on worms and small dead animals, which they can see from a great height", Mr Straughan said.
But Mello and Fire, working with worms called C. elegans, found that RNA could do a lot more than ferry notes from the DNA to the rest of the cell.
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