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19 Feb 2024, 11:01 pm



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_(biology)

Has anyone been following this discovery?


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20 Feb 2024, 1:14 am

Nope.

Lots of virii do nothing (that we know of). This is not news.

And the Wikipedia link does not work, either.


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20 Feb 2024, 1:28 am

Fnord wrote:
Nope.

Lots of virii do nothing (that we know of). This is not news.

And the Wikipedia link does not work, either.


Viroids aren't viruses though.

Link should work now.


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20 Feb 2024, 2:19 am

Interesting.
Either an artifact of experimental methods or potentially new insight into origins of life.
More research needed.

A lot of questions - how do they get energy? What is their life cycle? What is their role in human organism? Do they only infect other organisms or do they live in other environments?

A nice new object to study.


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