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Viruses in DNA
« on: January 29, 2021, 04:25:16 PM »


Utterly fascinating - we have virus fossils in our DNA!
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Re: Viruses in DNA
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2021, 06:10:24 PM »
That DNA is some crafty shit.
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Re: Viruses in DNA
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2021, 06:40:49 PM »
Quote from: Vyn on January 29, 2021, 06:10:24 PM
That DNA is some crafty shit.

My head was spinning with all the crazy stuff it was up to.
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Re: Viruses in DNA
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2021, 07:09:46 AM »
Quite fascinating indeed.

DNA does save data.
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Re: Viruses in DNA
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2021, 09:14:58 PM »
And that virus or its close relatives, over millions of years, got into multiple species DNA.
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