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a genome is a dartboard, a virus is a dart, having a giant dartboard means the dart is more likely not to hit a bullseye (really big. so big you can't even thro
by tejtm 10y ago
a genome is a dartboard, a virus is a dart, having a giant dartboard means the dart is more likely not to hit a bullseye (really big. so big you can't even throw the dart far enough to reach[1])
1 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01072.x/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010....
- 19eightyfour 10y agoI never even considered that! As far as I'm concerned that's a really workable explanation. Thanks!