Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A Virus
SOURCE: DIGG • 2010-01-08
TOPICS:
Genetics • Microbiology • Molecular Biology • Rna • Virus • Dna • Gene • Genome • Health_medical_pharma
[140 diggs @ General Sciences] About eight percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to a new study. The research shows that the genomes of humans and other mammals contain DNA derived from the insertion of bornaviruses, RNA viru...
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