Two lifeforms merge into one organism for first time in a billion years

The papers detailing the research were published in the scientific journals Science and Cell.

https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(24)00182-X.pdf

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk1075

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