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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 Requiem18th · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nit-pick, replace the first "religion" with "Christianity" as not all religions make such distinctions.

    The second "religion" should also be replaced for something more specific, but its probably fine as it is.

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