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The reason why mammals have a placenta and live birth is due to the incorporation of an ancient syncytium-producing retrovirus in our genomes.
by lamontcg 3y ago
The reason why mammals have a placenta and live birth is due to the incorporation of an ancient syncytium-producing retrovirus in our genomes.
- PawgerZ 3y agoVery interesting, Thank you for sharing. I just took a little look into this, and I'm definitely going to research it more. Do you know of other cases similar to this, where a virus is incorporated into our genome? Or where I can look into it more?
- lamontcg 3y agoYou can find more about that in the lecture on retroviruses here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Zu1sWKuuE&list=PLGhmZX2NKiNkAKAp3BynockFLUiCkZ8aJ&index=9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Zu1sWKuuE&list=PLGhmZX2NKi...