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stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 06 2007,01:35    I'm a week behind on my New Yorker subscription. Today I sat in a coffeeshop and read a fabulous article about viruses, retroviruses inserting themselves into the genome, and so forth. So I was surprised to go to ERV's blog and see that the New Yorker has put the article online. They usually don't do that. Enjoy.

stevestory Posts: 13407 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 14 2007,19:02    bump. You really ought to read this article if you haven't. Fascinating.

Assassinator Posts: 479 Joined: Nov. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 18 2007,13:54    Fascinating indeed, reminds me a bit of endosymbiosis but then mixed with insertions. I'll read it more thoroughly when I've got the time, busy with school atm and I've also got World of Warcraft to attend to. Ooo what a busy life

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 18 2007,14:53    Phhh. That's not how Joe G tells it. Pretty cool to have viruses as ancestors, though. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 18 2007,14:56    Quote (Richardthughes @ Dec. 18 2007,14:53) Pretty cool to have viruses as ancestors, though. If that's true, why do we still have viruses? -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

someotherguy Posts: 398 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 18 2007,15:06    With the exception of the last couple of paragraphs--which exhibited great confusion about the nature of speciation (note:  Carl Zimmer pointed this out before me)--I thought the article was fantastic. -------------- Evolander in training

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