{"id":766389,"date":"2023-09-21T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=766389"},"modified":"2023-09-21T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:45:26","slug":"this-parasitic-plant-convinces-hosts-to-grow-into-its-own-flesh-its-also-an-extreme-example-of-genome-shrinkage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=766389","title":{"rendered":"This parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh&#8211;it&#039;s also an extreme example of genome shrinkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a streamlined parasitic plant &#8212; an extreme degree of genome shrinkage even among parasites. Along the way this subtropical plant developed the ability to induce the host plant to grow into the parasite&#8217;s own flesh &#8212; forming chimeric organs that mix host and parasite tissues.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/09\/230921154526.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">This parasitic plant convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh&#8211;it&#8217;s also an extreme example of genome shrinkage<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ScienceDaily&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a streamlined parasitic plant &#8212; an extreme degree of genome shrinkage even among parasites. Along the way this subtropical&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genaero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=766389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=766389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=766389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=766389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}