Songbird Fossil Virus May Help Predict Pandemics

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers announced they found a fossil virus hiding in the most unexpected place: the chromosomes of several songbird species. This ancient virus resembles human hepatitis B virus. Finding this ancient virus will catalyze new lines of inquiry that may help scientists predict and prevent future human viral pandemics that originate in birds."

Comments

Hardly "the most unexpected place"

[Anonymous Coward]

Finding old virus DNA in the chromosomes of an organism is about the most *expected* place to find such a thing.

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