Not dead yet: Diatom resting spores can survive in nature for several millennia.
A. Sanyal, J. Larsson, F. van Wirdhum, T. Andren, M. Moros, M. Lonn, E. Andren
This paper revives ancient diatom resting spores up to 7200 years old and extracts DNA to study long-term environmental adaptation.
bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology