Umbiko ovela ku Washington Post yachaza ngokuningiliziwe okutholwe ososayensi okumangalisayo: isikelemu esincanyana wesifazane sasigcinwe endaweni ehlala iqhwa yaseSiberia iminyaka engu-46,000, futhi lapho besivuselela, isidalwa saqala ukuzalana nge-parthenogenesis - inqubo engadingi umngane womshado.
The I-University of Hawaiʻi e-Mānoa's ukukhululwa kwabezindaba kuxoxwe ngesidalwa esasisesimeni eside esibizwa ngokuthi i-cryptobiosis izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Lesi simo, esingagcinwa isikhathi eside, simisa zonke izinqubo ze-metabolic, okuhlanganisa ukuzala, ukuthuthukiswa, nokulungiswa.
In the Iphephabhuku le-PLOS Genetics eshicilelwe ngoLwesine, abacwaningi bakhombe uhlobo olusha lwesikelemu ngokulandela ukulandelana kofuzo lwazo. Baveze ukuthi lesi sikelemu besingakacaciswanga phambilini.
Kusanda kubikwa ngabakwa Isayensi Ebukhoma ukuthi i-nematodes njenge I-Plectus murrayi futhi I-Tylenchus polyhypnus yayivuselelwe kusukela ku-moss ne-herbarium specimens ngemva kwamashumi ambalwa eminyaka. Izinhlobo ezintsha, I-Panagrolaimus kolymaensisNokho, kwase kungamashumi ezinkulungwane zeminyaka elele ubuthongo.
UHolly Bik, isazi sezinto eziphilayo ezijulile zasolwandle, ukholelwa ukuthi izigidi zezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zezibungu ze-nematode zingatholakala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene, njengemisele yolwandle, ama-tundra, ogwadule, nenhlabathi enentaba-mlilo. Noma kunjalo, kulezi, izinhlobo zasolwandle ezingu-5,000 kuphela eziye zabhalwa abacwaningi.
UCrow, udokotela wezifo ezithinta izinambuzane waseNyuvesi yaseFlorida owayengaxhunywanga ocwaningweni, uphakamise ku-Post ukuthi lesi sikelemu singaba uhlobo olwanyamalala eminyakeni engu-50,000 edlule.
UCrow uphawule wathi kungenzeka ukuthi i-nematode yilena okusamele ichazwe, njengoba ihlangana njalo.
Sekuyisikhathi eside ososayensi beqaphela ukuthi izidalwa ezincanyana, njengaleso esihloliwe, zinamandla okuyeka ukusebenza ukuze zibekezelele ngisho nezimo ezimbi kakhulu, yingakho singamangali ngokusinda kwesibungu kuyo yonke leyo minyaka, njengoba kushiwo. ekukhululweni kwabezindaba.
The Iphepha le-PLOS Genetics waphetha ngokuthi i-nematodes inamakhono angenza ikwazi ukuphila isikhathi eside se-geological.