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Dezene Huber 🌻

“Human : becoming ” (Smith et al. 2022)

Do you think about the mites that live in your and come out at while you ? Maybe you should!

🧬 They’ve a tiny .

💪🏻 Each leg segment is powered by only one cell.

😴 They follow your sleep cycles by responding to your .

🧫 Lowest number of cells of any .

If you find this intriguingly , this paper is for you! 🤯

academic.oup.com/mbe/article/3

A micrograph of Demodex brevis via Austin Whittall. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demodex_Brevis.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
A micrograph of Demodex folliculorum via https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haarbalgmilbe.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
Feb 18, 2023, 04:20 PM·Public·Ivory for iOS
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zenkat

@dezene A great reminder that evolution doesn't always push towards complexity. If simplicity provides a survival advantage, then that's what gets selected ...

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Gretchen

@dezene So when I have insomnia, it's really a "we have insomnia" situation?

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