Friday, January 8, 2010

VIruses, Evolution, and DNA/RNA

Sent in from Morgan, relevant to discussions had at the call:
Pertinent to our discussion at the call, Here is an article talking
about an virus that integrated into our DNA a long time ago:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/bornavirus-in-human-dna/

I don’t really understand it all, but it seems similar to what I was describing to
Paul (ie. Viruses as a vector for mutation/evolution…)

I know, I know, this should be on the blog… [ed: sent via email instead]

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