{"id":171775,"date":"2023-09-11T09:22:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/octopuses-and-squid-are-masters-of-rna-editing-while-leaving-dna-intact"},"modified":"2023-09-11T09:22:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T14:22:32","slug":"octopuses-and-squid-are-masters-of-rna-editing-while-leaving-dna-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/octopuses-and-squid-are-masters-of-rna-editing-while-leaving-dna-intact","title":{"rendered":"Octopuses and squid are masters of RNA editing while leaving DNA intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tK_zJOe6pb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Octopuses are like aliens living among us \u2014 they do a lot of things differently from land animals, or even other sea creatures. Their flexible tentacles taste what they touch and have minds of their own. Octopuses\u2019 eyes are color-blind, but their skin can detect light on its own (SN: 6\/27\/15, p. 10). They are masters of disguise, changing color and skin textures to blend into their surroundings or scare off rivals. And to a greater extent than most creatures, octopuses squirt the molecular equivalent of red ink over their genetic instructions with astounding abandon, like a copy editor run amok.<\/p>\n<p>These edits modify RNA, the molecule used to translate information from the genetic blueprint stored in DNA, while leaving the DNA unaltered.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Modifications to RNA could explain the intelligence and flexibility of shell-less cephalopods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Octopuses are like aliens living among us \u2014 they do a lot of things differently from land animals, or even other sea creatures. Their flexible tentacles taste what they touch and have minds of their own. Octopuses\u2019 eyes are color-blind, but their skin can detect light on its own (SN: 6\/27\/15, p. 10). They are [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}