Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Secret to Sloths’ Slow Life May Lie in Ancient ‘Jumping Genes’


In new research, scientists sequenced and analyzed chromosome-level genomes of the Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) and the southern anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla).

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Sci-News

Read more on:

Photo of Jumping Genes

Jumping Genes

Photo of sloths

sloths

Photo of slow life

slow life

Related news:

News photo

Why are sloths so slow? It’s in their DNA - EurekAlert!

News photo

“Jumping Genes” Found Hijacking Cell Division To Rewrite Human DNA

News photo

How Some Sloths Grew 20 Feet Tall – And What Wiped Them Out