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Discovery of Ancient Giant Virus Remnants Offers New Clues to the Origins of Complex Life

Microorganisms reveal how our single-celled predecessors incorporated viral DNA into their own genomes. Researchers have discovered remnants of ancient giant viruses in the genome of Amoebidium, a single-celled organism, suggesting that such viral sequences may have played a role in the evolution o

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