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Rare Evolutionary Event: Two Lifeforms Merge

The algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii has been found to have absorbed a cyanobacteria called UCYN-A, which may be a huge step forward for evolutionTyler CoaleScientists have witnessed a once-in-a-billion-year evolutionary event where two lifeforms merge, creating an organism with enhanced abilities. The last occurrence led to the emergence of plants on Earth.Known as primary endosymbiosis, this phenomenon...