Tag: virus
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PBS Eons: Giant Viruses Blur the Line Between Alive and Not
PBS Eons has a new episode. This one is about the evolution of giant viruses. In 2003, microbiologists made a huge discovery. One that would force us to reconsider a lot of what we thought we knew about the evolution of microbial life: giant viruses.
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PBS Eons: The Two Viruses That We’ve Had For Millions of Years
There’s a new episode of PBS Eons. This one is very relevant… it’s about viruses. In this case, the herpes virus. There’s one kind of herpesvirus that’s specific to one species of primate, and each virus split off from the herpesvirus family tree when the primate split off from its own tree. But of…
