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Description
Fast bacteria divide, cloning themselves every 20 minutes. In a million divisions, one bacterium may be a mutant. While most mutants die, successful ones quickly clone themselves across the environment.
Bacteria aren’t just fast; they’re also loose. Gene traders and swappers, they do not just create the next generation – they can become the next generation. “Horizontal” evolution yields brandnew kinds of beings.
What would happen if human beings could swap ideas as readily as these bacteria swap genes?
Date Created
1997
Holding Institution
University of Montana--Missoula. Environmental Studies Program
Rights Statement
Rights Holder
© 1997 Stiftung Drittes Millennium
Item Type
Exhibit
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image/jpeg
Media Type
Text; Image
Digital Image Number
13_wtt_file01_1-19.jpg
Recommended Citation
Liebes, Sid; Mittelstadt, Laurie; Waugh, Barbara; and Brynes, Lois, "Panel 13: Celebrating Diversity: Fast And Loose" (1997). A Walk Through Time - From Stardust To Us. 13.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/awalkthroughtime/13