Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThis bright orange shark has shocked and delighted scientistswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down12
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkThis bright orange shark has shocked and delighted scientistswww.cbc.caQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThey elaborate further down the article that they suspect the shark to have xanthism in combination with albinism. The Wikipedia article even links a paper about this shark as an example of xanthism observed in sharks now
minus-squarepandore@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt doesn’t change anything to the fact genetic mutations are random and there is no specific reason for one or another to occur.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSome mutations are correlated or even linked, and I think some might have specific reasons. In this case I don’t think they meant ‘scientist don’t know why these mutations occurred’, so I didn’t even understand your comment, it seems
They elaborate further down the article that they suspect the shark to have xanthism in combination with albinism. The Wikipedia article even links a paper about this shark as an example of xanthism observed in sharks now
It doesn’t change anything to the fact genetic mutations are random and there is no specific reason for one or another to occur.
Some mutations are correlated or even linked, and I think some might have specific reasons.
In this case I don’t think they meant ‘scientist don’t know why these mutations occurred’, so I didn’t even understand your comment, it seems