8 percent of the human genome is made up of viruses that once attacked our ancestors. The viruses lost. What remains are the molecular equivalents of mounted trophies, DNA fossils. These helped mold our immune system, a system that is truly remarkable evolutionary speaking. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago tags genome human virus battlefield retroviruses HERVs |
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