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If it can happen between species it must be able to happen between individuals of a species which means who I associate with can affect my DNA?

otherme123 3y ago
Do you have oral herpes? The virus inserts their sequence in your DNA, where it remains dormant. When it awakes, if you spread it to some other person, its sequence is also inserted in their DNA. The event shown in this paper is the same but infecting germinal cells, and getting passed to the next generations (i.e. it doesn't cause damage). Sometimes it could carry foreign (to the virus-like) DNA.
- memen 3y ago
  Do you have a citation? I have never heard of this and am curious about this mechanism!
  - rolph 3y ago
    this is horizontal gene flow. transposable elements are one of a number of vectors. viral transfer is another [herpes, ad supra]
  - Toast_ 3y ago
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3
    - memen 3y ago
      Thanks! Still, the article does not back the claim of the parent. The citation that is given for the horizontal gene transfer in herpesvirus states the following: > herpesviruses are known to capture host genes to evade host defenses. [0] That still sounds like a one-way gene transfer, and in no way an 'insertion into your DNA to stay dormant' as parent claims. [0]: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18
      - Toast_ 3y ago
        Ah, apologies, I thought you were interested in horizontal transfer. Honestly, now I'm not sure what your question is: the herpes virus' dormancy, or it's DNA insertion. The DNA insertion is already well documented, as is the dormancy, although I have no idea as to the mechanisms for said dormancy. Well, thanks for the rabbit hole!
  - otherme123 3y ago
    Hope this helps: https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419 https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419
bionhoward 3y ago
One idea, the cells of your body probably communicate with little DNA packets called exosomes and “we” as in humanity writ large have yet to pick up on the importance of this cellular internet (oops?) Or not. Maybe the cells don’t send exosomes of dna to each other. That seems like a missed opportunity in a world of words!

otherme123 3y ago

Do you have oral herpes? The virus inserts their sequence in your DNA, where it remains dormant. When it awakes, if you spread it to some other person, its sequence is also inserted in their DNA. The event shown in this paper is the same but infecting germinal cells, and getting passed to the next generations (i.e. it doesn't cause damage). Sometimes it could carry foreign (to the virus-like) DNA.

memen 3y ago
Do you have a citation? I have never heard of this and am curious about this mechanism!
- rolph 3y ago
  this is horizontal gene flow. transposable elements are one of a number of vectors. viral transfer is another [herpes, ad supra]
- Toast_ 3y ago
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3
  - memen 3y ago
    Thanks! Still, the article does not back the claim of the parent. The citation that is given for the horizontal gene transfer in herpesvirus states the following: > herpesviruses are known to capture host genes to evade host defenses. [0] That still sounds like a one-way gene transfer, and in no way an 'insertion into your DNA to stay dormant' as parent claims. [0]: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18
    - Toast_ 3y ago
      Ah, apologies, I thought you were interested in horizontal transfer. Honestly, now I'm not sure what your question is: the herpes virus' dormancy, or it's DNA insertion. The DNA insertion is already well documented, as is the dormancy, although I have no idea as to the mechanisms for said dormancy. Well, thanks for the rabbit hole!
- otherme123 3y ago
  Hope this helps: https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419 https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419

bionhoward 3y ago

One idea, the cells of your body probably communicate with little DNA packets called exosomes and “we” as in humanity writ large have yet to pick up on the importance of this cellular internet (oops?) Or not. Maybe the cells don’t send exosomes of dna to each other. That seems like a missed opportunity in a world of words!