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Biologists Find Ancient Giant Virus Insertions in Genome of Unicellular Parasite


Amoebidium appalachense, a protist closely related to animals, harbors the remnants of ancient giant viruses woven into its own genetic code, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.

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