Scientists find that cunning bamboo can manipulate the genes of the pandas that consume it.
By Jess Thomson Pandas' DNA may be influenced by minute fragments of bamboo genetic material, which would allow them adjust to a diet high in bamboo. Giant pandas' blood has been revealed to contain bamboo genetic material, which could change how these famous bears eat. Scientists have found microRNA, which are tiny bits of genetic information that are essential for turning genes on and off, from bamboo hiding in pandas' blood, according to a new study published Friday (Feb. 28) in the journal Frontiers ...