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I found this part particularly interesting: >[paraphrasing] Certain virus particles lack rNA-abducting protein-coding information (mutation), so they must "che
by ProllyInfamous 3y ago
I found this part particularly interesting:
>[paraphrasing] Certain virus particles lack rNA-abducting protein-coding information (mutation), so they must "cheat" to reproduce: they overtake co-virus' rNA polymerases, and manufacturer their own genetic information more quickly than the victim's own sequencing (because their encoding is shorter, lacking instructions for creating own polymerases). Without a co-virus, their fertility is zero; but with a co-virus, their fertility exceeds "normal" viral rates.