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8% of Your DNA Comes From a Virus

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-not-you-peronally dept.

An anonymous reader writes "About 8 percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to an article by University of Texas at Arlington biology professor Cédric Feschotte, published in the Jan. 7, 2010 issue of Nature magazine."

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  1. Re:Ob. Matrix quote by Atriqus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I like what you did there: when in reference to attacks on Christianity, they were academic and/or verbal in nature. Then you use the exact same word in reference to someone being strapped to a torture rack.

    Dishonest speech, it too loves religion.

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    Hey, look! It's Bono's brother.