when there are two organisms living in close proximity to each other and by associating with each other they have an advantage (ex. bacteria in your stomach)
Philip Ball
@philipcball.bsky.social
Finally caught up with this fascinating paper from December, reporting evidence that the genesis of eukaryotes began way before the symbiotic event that created mitochondria. By the time that happened, these critters already had most of the genetic resources needed...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09808-z
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@alexthelynx.bsky.social
uuggghhhhh got Goo / symbiotic body sharing on the brain.
You're having a miserable morning, not enough sleep or lack of good diet. Then a warm and soft presence in the back of your head just kinda...swaps places, like you're suddenly viewing things panoramic and let IT take care of your body <3
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Lark 🔥 Helping So'lek save his Yawntu
@larkoneironaut.bsky.social
Finished writing 80% of chapter 10 🥹 Almost dooone, it helps that I've now reached the part, which I'm illustrating at the same time, so that's cool because art and writing fuel each other - symbiosis 😌
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