# @science on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMoWyShgHmB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32741611-science-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/803718738d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-28T00:03:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

## Caption

🧬 Genetic analysis of DNA from an old tortoise and samples from other giant tortoises of the Galapagos — which can live more than 100 years in captivity — found they possessed several gene variants linked to DNA repair, immune response, and cancer suppression not possessed by shorter-lived vertebrates!⁠
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🎥 courtesy of: jayprehistoricpets⁠
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#oldtortoise #tortoise #turtle #genes #dna #galapagostortoise #science #biology

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turtle, oldtortoise, science, tortoise, galapagostortoise, dna, biology, genes

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