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How do you know that they aren't waste/intermediate products of some other cell, as opposed to being something that reproduces?
by trebligdivad 2y ago
How do you know that they aren't waste/intermediate products of some other cell, as opposed to being something that reproduces?
- ababaian 2y agoHow would they exist/maintain themselves without it's DNA counterpart?
- trebligdivad 2y agoah, have you shown that there is no matching DNA in either the host or any of the bacteria that the host has?
- richieartoul 2y agoThe paper says: “in companion DNA-seq data from this project, no detectable Obelisk reads are found” which I think is getting at what you’re asking, but I’m not sure if my understanding is correct. I’m also not sure if DNA-seq data refers to the human host, or just all DNA they were able to sequence (which would include bacteria as well I guess?)