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Tiny DNA 'hitchhikers' may be reshaping life in thawing Arctic soils

Tiny DNA 'hitchhikers' may be reshaping life in thawing Arctic soils
Phys.org Monday 29 June 2026, 15:40 UTC 1 min read
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Amid the peatlands of northern Sweden, billions of microbes are quietly rewriting their genetic playbooks—and doing so far more often than scientists realized.

Amid the peatlands of northern Sweden, billions of microbes are quietly rewriting their genetic playbooks—and doing so far more often than scientists realized.
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