The History of Red Algae

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  • Imagine that you aren’t watching the microcosmos right now. Instead you’re living in the world as it existed around one billion years ago, and you are the ancestor of this red algae.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 128

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k 10 місяців тому +329

    It absolutely destroyed my brain when I learned that Kelps are not plants, animals, or fungi, but have convergent-ly evolved photosynthesis with plants and mostly just share an appearance. wtf

    • @rakinkazi9780
      @rakinkazi9780 10 місяців тому +11

      Same here!

    • @randompheidoleminor3011
      @randompheidoleminor3011 10 місяців тому +62

      Wait till you realise some of them are just one big cell. They make it possible by having multiple nuclei in the single cell, each one maintaining the small patch of cell around it.

    • @nekomimicatears
      @nekomimicatears 10 місяців тому +16

      I learned this recently and my brain pretty much exploded

    • @CorbiniteVids
      @CorbiniteVids 10 місяців тому +18

      In the same branch of life as the plant disease that causes sudden oak death

    • @fabianthegreat10
      @fabianthegreat10 10 місяців тому +6

      ​@@randompheidoleminor3011yeah life is wild

  • @mafarmerga
    @mafarmerga 10 місяців тому +186

    Yay Archaeplastida ('ancient' 'plastids') !!!
    I actually helped to come up with that name. Nice to see it adopted in textbooks and by you.
    One small comment, I now exclusively use the term cilium (pl. cilia) to refer to the eukarytotic organelle so that folks do not confuse this organelle with the 'flagella' of bacteria which are completely different.

    • @ContinentTurtle
      @ContinentTurtle 10 місяців тому +2

      Sure you did

    • @alexwhite6554
      @alexwhite6554 10 місяців тому +12

      ​@@ContinentTurtlethis person could be legit, could be.

    • @mafarmerga
      @mafarmerga 10 місяців тому +54

      @@alexwhite6554 The word "Archaeplastida" first appeared in this publication on which I am a co-author
      J Eukaryot Microbiol
      2005 Sep-Oct;52(5):399-451.
      The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists.

    • @melaniabladeofmiquella
      @melaniabladeofmiquella 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@ContinentTurtle what do you know about anything, child

    • @jtktomb8598
      @jtktomb8598 10 місяців тому +2

      Fantastic !@@mafarmerga

  • @Conus426
    @Conus426 10 місяців тому +18

    Man, journey to the microcosmos is like one of the best things. Of all the things.

  • @10010Linus
    @10010Linus 10 місяців тому +12

    These are so soothing, i love these videos

  • @Autrone
    @Autrone 10 місяців тому +30

    Please do more videos on protists! I love them! Maybe a specific video on dinoflagellates? The way they light up the seas is fascinating in its own right!

  • @EdoDave
    @EdoDave 10 місяців тому +44

    "Nature's boundaries are porous and, and its identities are multi-faceted."
    The instant I get an opportunity to say this in a conversation I'm gonna say it.

  • @asinglebraincell6584
    @asinglebraincell6584 10 місяців тому +11

    Red algae is so cool and fascinating. there are so many interesting types of life on this planet 😮

  • @udoberend5178
    @udoberend5178 10 місяців тому +10

    What a quality video again! One of the best voices on the web today, keep creating Hank! ;-))

  • @Ahamkeira
    @Ahamkeira 10 місяців тому +7

    You're about to lose a quarter of your genes" *hard go to still image of red algae and logo* lmao why was that so funny

  • @dogzer
    @dogzer 10 місяців тому +8

    This channel is underrated imo 🥺

    • @Yezpahr
      @Yezpahr 6 місяців тому

      And as a result of that it's going to close its doors. 😢
      We must show more appreciation to the channels that remain or one day they are gone.

  • @georgetheodoropoulos7565
    @georgetheodoropoulos7565 10 місяців тому +2

    Great video! I love how it presents in simple words some of the most amazing features of microcosmic life (horizontal gene transfer, endosymbiosis)!! Keep up the perfect work!!

  • @madamsloth
    @madamsloth 10 місяців тому +5

    Great video. I am surprised by how much we know and yet there is still more that is not understood. Wish i had paid more attention to how to become a scientist when i was younger, i want to be paid to learn new stuff 😅😂

  • @MicroSaner
    @MicroSaner 10 місяців тому +3

    Great video as always! You inspired me to start on youtube! :D

  • @FullOfFallaciesVideo
    @FullOfFallaciesVideo 10 місяців тому +2

    Every time I've watched this channel, I've always told myself, "The narrator sounds EXACTLY like one of the Green Brothers' " --- and I've been watching this channel for a good while now, yet today -- just now -- was the first time I actually took the time to look (it's right in the description, DUH!"...! Yup... It's Hank Green... No idea why I never checked before -- guess it wasn't really that important to me (or perhaps I didn't want to ruin the mystery if it was NOT him), but I just enjoyed the videos, so that is what was really the important thing... 😁

    • @matiassu5604
      @matiassu5604 10 місяців тому +1

      I think it's because he's speaking softer here than in other shows he hosts.

    • @FullOfFallaciesVideo
      @FullOfFallaciesVideo 10 місяців тому

      @@matiassu5604 That's it... That's it exactly... Good call...

  • @Badficwriter
    @Badficwriter 10 місяців тому +3

    i can't wait until horizontal gene sharing is used to explain a chimerical shapeshifting monster like John Carpenter's The Thing.

  • @sava-smth
    @sava-smth 10 місяців тому +53

    Delete Your Art™ but it's genes

  • @Hydrosized
    @Hydrosized 9 місяців тому

    I can’t imagine when you are talking Hank!

  • @ajchapeliere
    @ajchapeliere 10 місяців тому

    It's wild that complex life basically arose from the cellular "get in, loser. We're going on a trip through deep time"
    The world is friggin amazing

  • @anaritamartinho1340
    @anaritamartinho1340 10 місяців тому +1

    Cool😲 horizontal transfer

  • @tiffanymarie9750
    @tiffanymarie9750 10 місяців тому +2

    If there's a niche that can be filled, life will eventually uh find a way.

  • @MsAwesomeify
    @MsAwesomeify 10 місяців тому

    it's crazy how good these videos are to sleep to

  • @DataSoong101
    @DataSoong101 10 місяців тому +1

    I watched this the second I woke up, which led to me not gaining any information from it and instead just staring at all the pretty pictures.

  • @BB_Jo-e3z
    @BB_Jo-e3z 10 місяців тому +2

    new video! :D

  • @GeoffryGifari
    @GeoffryGifari 10 місяців тому +9

    Hmmm... do we know the mechanism by which organisms can lose genes over time?
    Is there something like a metabolic cost of maintaining a long genome?

    • @Im-Not-a-Dog
      @Im-Not-a-Dog 10 місяців тому +7

      Thats a very good question.
      A reduced genome could make producing gamates less costly because of their reduced genetic information. But thats just my best guess.

    • @janetchennault4385
      @janetchennault4385 10 місяців тому +5

      I am not certain if the cost is just in maintaining the genome. It could be in producing the products that are not needed. How much does it 'cost' an ostrich to produce tiny wings with which it does not fly? If the algae had gene-products that were intended to meet the environment of 2B years ago, but which were useless since that time, then getting rid of them was metabolically cost-saving.
      Also, one wonders to what degree a genome can be 'stripped down' - actual garbage removed from it - and if that would change the resulting organism at all.

    • @lunkel8108
      @lunkel8108 10 місяців тому

      ​@@janetchennault4385Regarding your last question, you should check out the 2016 paper "design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome" by Hutchison et al. They managed to cut the genome of a bacterium almost in half. The paper is behind a paywall but you can easily get around that by using sci-hub.

    • @GeoffryGifari
      @GeoffryGifari 10 місяців тому

      @@janetchennault4385 Hmmm... it does make sense. Thinking about it further though, that tiny ostrich wings are the product of the expression of genes. Would evolving shorter and shorter genes be preferable than just turning off the expression of "useless" genes?

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 10 місяців тому +4

      @@GeoffryGifari Mutation. If a gene mutates, but the organism doesn't lose out for it cos that gene is now unnecessary, or even actively detrimental by way of coding for something that uses energy but produces no fitness advantage, then that gene will steadily be lost over time. Genes are always changing, the issue is whether there's any force to push a certain change back by way of natural selection. If you're not using something, you'll eventually lose it just to natural drift.

  • @ZentaBon
    @ZentaBon 10 місяців тому +9

    i lost all my genes yesterday 😢 now I am on a mission to learn how it happens so I can undo it. Thanks Hank! You are helping my journey to regain my genes 🧬

  • @michaelobrien5891
    @michaelobrien5891 10 місяців тому

    I miss your guys' original intro beat. I think it would have been perfect with the intro on this video where you cut straight to the music after your climactic and intrigue inciting whip-snap of an end note to your intro. That's probably a weird description but I haven't figured out what writers and speakers call that type of speech structure.

  • @glnga
    @glnga 10 місяців тому

    If it were my socks they'd be gone next time I do laundry.

  • @joshuakarr-BibleMan
    @joshuakarr-BibleMan 10 місяців тому

    Do you allow links?
    Oneminmicro has a video of tardigrade eggs hatching.
    I'll post a link in the reply to this.

  • @bobpieczarka4357
    @bobpieczarka4357 10 місяців тому +1

    Sharing is caring

  • @AHalo2019
    @AHalo2019 10 місяців тому +2

    Wow 😲

  • @GrandDukeMushroom
    @GrandDukeMushroom 10 місяців тому +2

    Alugagega!

  • @potatorurik7536
    @potatorurik7536 10 місяців тому +1

    How did we figure out Red Algae lost 25% of their genome twice tho? And how do we know that the first loss was a loss of Cillia? Is it just by comparing it to other Algae?

  • @peterbernhardt5169
    @peterbernhardt5169 10 місяців тому

    Good work. Without flagella the sperm cells of red algae lack tails and move in water currents. Red algae with female structures take basket or cup-like forms straining the water for sperm to combine with exposed eggs.

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 10 місяців тому

    Just a little nit to pick: battery acid actually doesn’t have that low of a pH. Stomach acid, or hydrochloric acid, has a pH of 0. Sulfuric acid is only nastier because it is also hygroscopic, or water seeking. It steals water from organic molecules like the ones that make up human flesh.

  • @rexmundi2986
    @rexmundi2986 10 місяців тому

    It doesn't take millions of years to lose your jeans; one night of heavy drinking is plenty.

  • @Bluecho4
    @Bluecho4 10 місяців тому

    Me, beginning of the video: "Oh no, the Genestealers got to the Red Algae!"
    Me, end of the video: "HOLY S///, RED ALGAE *ARE* THE GENESTEALERS!"

  • @sarielle85
    @sarielle85 9 місяців тому

    "Living in acid rain" sounds much worse than "living in pear juice", which also has a ph of around 4.

  • @napoleonfeanor
    @napoleonfeanor 10 місяців тому +1

    Would be interesting to take genes from other lifeforms

  • @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369
    @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 10 місяців тому +1

    Well I'd be alright with losing a quarter,
    it just means I end up with 3 quarter length jeans

    • @matiassu5604
      @matiassu5604 10 місяців тому +1

      If you lose more than half they turn into denim shorts.

  • @rickyspanish6261
    @rickyspanish6261 9 місяців тому

    Just retrace your steps and you'll find em, relax!

  • @lloydmckay3241
    @lloydmckay3241 10 місяців тому

    Could it be that other primates added genes to the base model of humans?

  • @rutufn0596
    @rutufn0596 10 місяців тому +2

    As always it's fascinating, informative and rare.
    But i like the fact that there's still mysteries, please don't dig too deep ! 😜

  • @thomasbigert6207
    @thomasbigert6207 10 місяців тому

    Gave up. Hard to hear. Way to high background sound.

  • @Beanedict_C
    @Beanedict_C 10 місяців тому

    Anyone else see the image at about 2:04 and think it was an artsy flag of Sierra Leone?

  • @DaHuuudge
    @DaHuuudge 10 місяців тому

    Basically, they’re the Zerg. 😨

  • @trvst5938
    @trvst5938 10 місяців тому

    I think Assembly theory would explain this. 🤔

  • @GriffVibrantle-yh3ye
    @GriffVibrantle-yh3ye 10 місяців тому

    Yeahehehea algae now we're talkin

  • @stax6092
    @stax6092 10 місяців тому +1

    I know I lose my GENES because I don't wear Pants.

  • @gaeshows1938
    @gaeshows1938 10 місяців тому +1

    Is phile a bad word?

  • @rocketman475
    @rocketman475 10 місяців тому

    It sounds like cow bells on acid !

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 10 місяців тому +1

    billions with a b

  • @DieFlabbergast
    @DieFlabbergast 10 місяців тому

    What the heck are you doing playing music in the -background- FOREGROUND of your narration?? To say that this makes the narration difficult to hear would be an understatement.

  • @stevengill1736
    @stevengill1736 10 місяців тому

    Prokaryotes....nummy!

  • @servusferox3212
    @servusferox3212 10 місяців тому +1

    audio could use some balancing, voice is pretty low compared to music

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 10 місяців тому

    Basically they copied the bacteria's homework.

  • @matthewtopping2061
    @matthewtopping2061 8 місяців тому +1

    How does a microbe consume another microbe, and, instead of digesting it, convert it into an organelle? That's not something that happens in the modern world. It's like something out of the Bible. Is there another viable theory for the evolution of ancient microbes?

    • @meifray
      @meifray 6 місяців тому

      just like what disny did to pixar or mincrosoft to the mojang...it actually happen all the time.

  • @edsonpaschoal5744
    @edsonpaschoal5744 2 місяці тому

    😮😮😮😮😅😅❤❤❤❤🔝🔝😲 fo Brasil

  • @nyuh
    @nyuh 10 місяців тому

    they didnt lose their genes
    they just wear gorts now

  • @trueKENTUCKY
    @trueKENTUCKY 10 місяців тому

    no

  • @babygorilla4233
    @babygorilla4233 10 місяців тому

    Eeeh do I need 100% of my DNA? I bet theres artifacts and gunk in there like old film spots but leftover for millennia. I definitely dont need the apendix or tailbone lines of code.

  • @hareKrishnaharekrishna448
    @hareKrishnaharekrishna448 10 місяців тому

    hare krsishna hare ram

  • @benrodir2
    @benrodir2 10 місяців тому +2

    1

  • @qcsupport2594
    @qcsupport2594 10 місяців тому

    well intended feedback: the percussion is absolutely killing me. Please go back to the kind of music you started out with.

  • @CloudSpirals
    @CloudSpirals 10 місяців тому +2

    🤏👀

  • @comment8767
    @comment8767 10 місяців тому

    music does not help

  • @Alondro77
    @Alondro77 10 місяців тому

    Bah, genes are overrated. I prefer slacks for comfort fit. *rimshot!* 🙄

  • @KartikPatel-nt4ff
    @KartikPatel-nt4ff 10 місяців тому +1

    😅😅😅😅😅😅😅well ingormeti0n.Good show more 😅😅😅

  • @black2aboriginaltv190
    @black2aboriginaltv190 10 місяців тому

    I love the microscopic content, what I hate is the dogmatic stuff that you Incorporated in your videos which is no more than religion, as if you are a polytheistic pagan.

    • @particleboy7757
      @particleboy7757 10 місяців тому +2

      What examples are you referring to?

  • @egordonmills1
    @egordonmills1 10 місяців тому

    Horrible photos of red algae. Try again with some clean of extraneous algae and better in focus. There are so many gorgeous species to photograph but I don't see them here.

  • @юлёквысодом
    @юлёквысодом 10 місяців тому

    any chance you can show some day NERVES? ALL COMPONENTS