'Undead' genes come alive days after life ends | Science | AAAS - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 30 Dec 16At first, the researchers assumed that genes would shut down shortly after death, like the parts of a car that has run out of gas. What they found instead was that hundreds of genes ramped up. Although most of these genes upped their activity in the first 24 hours after the animals expired and then tapered off, in the fish some genes remained active 4 days after death.