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A Truly Alive Virus
cyclop writes "Microbiologists are puzzled by the genome sequence of the giant Mimivirus. It seems this virus has even more genes than many bacteria, is able to synthesize its own proteins and therefore is, by definition, alive. 'We are seeing an organism here. There is DNA, RNA and plenty of proteins,' says Didier Raoult, who reports the work in this week's Science."
name for the Mimivirus - Slashdotter
The living have better things to do than to continue hating the dead.
Now we know what happened to the missing human genes.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Although biologists sometimes divide life into three categories,
Alive, dead, and that feeling you get at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon....
Or:
Us, them, and my little friends in the test tube...
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Check dictionary.com. The proper plural for virus is viruses. It is not "virii". Those who use silly false plurals end up looking like ignoramii.
What would Drew Carry think?
Those who complain about affect & effect on
How many people thought this was an interesting AI-based computer virus, perhaps employing genetic algorithms?
The whole sequence of plurality is something like: viri, virii, viriii viriv, virv, virvi, virvii, virviii, virix, virx, virxi, et c.
If the gender balance of Slashdot is as similar to /.'ers could only reproduce by infecting someone
the gender balance in my upper division undergrad
science courses as I think it is, the vast majority
of
else's DNA.
-I like my women like I like my tea: green-