Image of the Day: Mutation Muffler
The underground hyphae of the honey mushroom Armillaria gallica may stretch over hundreds of meters and live for centuries, and the fungi accumulate relatively few mutations throughout their lives.
WIKIMEDIA, DAN MOLTER
See “How a long-lived fungus keeps mutations in check” and “Genomewide mutation dynamic within a long-lived individual of Armillaria gallica.”
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