How the Egg Came First

[Uncle Joe]

[dweller]

1. Quite the ditty of a detail in that science lesson

About the retrovirus inserting itself into DNA … did you post this to point this out ?

Interesting that all the nonvaxxers freaking out about the vaccines altering DNA, which it can’t, but the virus possibly could ?


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[Uncle Joe]

2. Life is full of irony.

[myccrider]

5. I *think* only retroviruses (virii?) can usually insert their genome into host DNA?

[Googles frantically] Well, it seems to be a bit more complicated that what I thought.

Some viruses, including retroviruses, do insert their genetic material into the host’s DNA as part of their reproduction. Outside these classes of virus (that don’t include SARS) such an insertion is very rare but not impossible.
https://viralzone.expasy.org/980

SARS-CoV-2 hasn’t been shown to insert into our DNA, so far, anyway.
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q2/the-covid-19-virus-may-not-insert-genetic-material-into-human-dna,-research-shows.html

Learn sumpin’ new ever day, y’all.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Cool stuff! Thanks for the link...nt

[world wide wally]

4. I have always said that the egg came first.

[myccrider]

6. I love PBS Eons

One of my favorite YouTube channels!