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Newly discovered amoeba reproduces at 145 F, breaking heat record for eukaryotic life

Organisms are products of the environments they live and evolve in. While the physical world is governed by universal laws like thermodynamics and gravity, there are few laws of biology. An open question for biologists like me is how environmental conditions shape what organisms look like and dictat...

Newly discovered amoeba reproduces at 145 F, breaking heat record for eukaryotic life
Image: Phys.org
Organisms are products of the environments they live and evolve in. While the physical world is governed by universal laws like thermodynamics and gravity, there are few laws of biology. An open question for biologists like me is how environmental conditions shape what organisms look like and dictate how they live, breathe and move.

Originally published at Phys.org

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