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Open Water => Serious Discussion => Science => Topic started by: Darlica on March 20, 2013, 07:37:48 PM

Title: Kraken A close knit family
Post by: Darlica on March 20, 2013, 07:37:48 PM
Gigant squids from all over the world are closely related.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/03/20/3719591.htm (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/03/20/3719591.htm)

Thomas Gilbert from the Centre for GeoGenetics at the University of Copenhagen has analysed the mitochondrial DNA of 43 specimens collected from around the world and the differences are so small that they are quite sure that there only is one species instead of three or eight as was earlier suspected.
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Title: Re: Kraken A close knit family
Post by: Aggie on March 20, 2013, 10:51:01 PM
Very interesting.... as the article says, this implies that they are long-distance seafarers, and may travel many oceans during their life.
Title: Re: Kraken A close knit family
Post by: pieces o nine on March 21, 2013, 12:48:55 AM
Clearly they are of the same kind.

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Title: Re: Kraken A close knit family
Post by: Griffin NoName on March 21, 2013, 05:22:49 AM
Ah! Perhaps not 2.7% Neanderthal like Ediie Izzard.