[Rockhounds] Worms Revived After 46, 000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost

[Paul]

A worm that survived 46,000 years in permafrost wows scientists
Emma Bowman, NPR radio, July 30, 2023
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190950660/nematode-worm-permafrost-discovery-frozen 


Nematode resurrected from Siberian permafrost lay dormant for 46,000 years
By Sascha Pare, LIvwScience, July 27, 2023
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/arctic/nematode-resurrected-from-siberian-permafrost-laid-dormant-for-46000-years

Worms Revived After 46,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost
Scientists want to understand how the worms survived in extreme
conditions for extraordinarily long periods of time.
By Orlando Mayorquin, New York Times, July 29, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/science/roundworm-nematodes-siberia-permafrost.html

The open access paper is:

Shatilovich, A., Gade, V.R., Pippel, M., Hoffmeyer, T.T., Tchesunov,
A.V., Stevens, L., Winkler, S., Hughes, G.M., Traikov, S., Hiller, M.
and Rivkina, E., 2022. A novel nematode species from the Siberian
permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival
with C. elegans dauer larva.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010798
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/01/24/2022.01.28.478251.full.pdf

Peer review history
https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/peerReview?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010798

Yours,

Paul H.