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Science Friday: The Virus in Your Genes
Many vertebrate species contain snippets of viral genetic code within their genomes -- and according to new research, it's not all from the likely suspects.
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Science Friday: Organism Captures Foreign Dna
Small freshwater invertebrates known as rotifers have the uncanny ability to capture bits of DNA from other organisms and assimilate that genetic code, scientists have found.