""'Funaria " "'is a genus of approximately 210 species of moss . " Funaria hygrometrica " is the most common species . " Funaria hygrometrica " is called cord moss because of the twisted seta which is very hygroscopic and untwists when moist.
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The " dispersive " hypothesis is exemplified by a model proposed by Max Delbr�ck, which attempts to solve the problem of unwinding the two strands of the double helix by a mechanism that breaks the DNA backbone every 10 nucleotides or so, untwists the molecule, and attaches the old strand to the end of the newly synthesized one.