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Do you have a proposed design for such a test? I think you would be astounded by the diversity among viruses - they've been evolving for millions/billions of ye
by mmmrtl 7y ago
Do you have a proposed design for such a test? I think you would be astounded by the diversity among viruses - they've been evolving for millions/billions of years, and there are an estimated 10e31 on earth
“if all the 1 × 1031 viruses on earth were laid end to end, they would stretch for 100 million light years.”
More importantly, almost adults are permanently infected with viruses like EBV. And there are genes like Arc that seem to be descended from retroviral genes. So what do you test for?