And provides fertile ground for evolution by providing space for gene duplication and divergence. Likely also for miRNA control systems.
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nialv7@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoan ancient strain of virus from millions of years ago incorporated themselves into our genome
not just one. 5-8% of the human genome comes from viruses
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
That explains a lot.
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_retrovirus just in case anyone wants a search term