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There are clonal trees that have lived much longer than 512 years too with the same DNA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees https://en.wikipedi
by ALittleLight 5y ago
There are clonal trees that have lived much longer than 512 years too with the same DNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees
- allisdust 5y agoTrees in general live longer probably because of their tougher cell walls? Or may be their error correction mechanisms happen during cell division? (just guessing)