Mouse eyes photosynthesize after plant-to-animal transplant

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01559-9

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roguetrick@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 105d

Funny stuff. Realize these chloroplasts themselves are organelles that derived from some bacteria some plant ancestor took on much like mitochondria are. So we're not just taking stuff from plants here, we're creating a retina in the most ass backwards way we could.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 105d (1 reply)

So... Does staring into the sun hurt them or feed them? 🤔

Militias@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 105d

Why not both? (Insert old meme here)

backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 104d (1 reply)

Always a great day when science confirms that supervillain origin stories are now on the cutting edge of possibility.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 104d

Is she a fish?

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 104d

So how it looks is now literally part of the meal.