Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A Virus

vr_don · 01-08-2010, 09:12 AM

Research shows the genomes of humans and other mammals contain DNA derived from the insertion of bornaviruses.
— Science Daily

I think some people are more viral than others...

banannabell · 01-09-2010, 07:52 AM

that explains a lot lol.

Mingus · 01-09-2010, 04:24 PM

I wonder if that 8 percent was a part of the already decoded DNA genomes or a part of the "junk" DNA.

Terminator · 04-08-2011, 04:59 PM

Biologists create self-replicating RNA molecule

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A prominent theory of how life started involves the appearance of a self-replicator - some kind of simple molecule that was capable of making copies of itself without relying on other molecules. The trouble is, if this self-replicating molecule ever did exist, it doesn't any more. The vast majority of organisms around today use DNA to store their genetic information, and DNA does not copy itself - other enzymes do that bit for it.

Enter tC19Z. Built by Philipp Holliger and colleagues, it is an RNA enzyme that functions like a self-replicator.

01-08-2010, 09:12 AM	#1
vr_don Investigator Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 195	Eight Percent Of Human Genetic Material Comes From A Virus Research shows the genomes of humans and other mammals contain DNA derived from the insertion of bornaviruses. — Science Daily I think some people are more viral than others...

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banannabell Investigator Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: all over Posts: 150	that explains a lot lol. __________________ "Think you've seen it all? Think again. Outside those doors, we might see anything. We could find new worlds, terrifying monsters, impossible things. And if you come with me... nothing will ever be the same again!" The Doctor:

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01-09-2010, 04:24 PM	#3
Mingus Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 325	I wonder if that 8 percent was a part of the already decoded DNA genomes or a part of the "junk" DNA.