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RE: Tree of Life: The Fascinating Journey of Placental Evolution

in #science6 years ago

"ancient retroviruses used proteins to help them fuse and infect a host cell" i never knew this was possible.

I think i'm gonna download this piece both in the literal sense and otherwise...
Its truly a steemstem progeny.

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Viruses are some of the most amazing entities in existence!

And retroviruses even more so. I feel like I'm giving out a lot of book suggestions recently, but oh well. You might be interested in Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear. Human endogenous retroviruses and evolution are major plot points.