Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. She also studies epigenetic control of ERVs.
Filoviruses are ancient and integrated into mammalian genomes
Unexpected Inheritance: Multiple Integrations of Ancient Bornavirus and Ebolavirus/Marburgvirus Sequences in Vertebrate Genomes--No... no... PLOS received this paper first, but BMC Evolutionary Biology published their paper first... so... no...
This first comprehensive study of its kind demonstrates that the sources of genetic inheritance in vertebrate genomes are considerably more diverse than previously appreciated.
Its still neat, but... :-/
Life Science
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Why can't they ever change the Matrix so that I have a hot girlfriend?
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | July 30, 2010 1:40 AM
Tyler: I've asked the same question. Apparently every time they tried, the system overloaded, BSOD'd and needed to be reloaded from backups.
Posted by: Cafeeine | July 30, 2010 5:53 AM
You have to agree to betray Zion to get a hot partner.
Posted by: IanW | July 30, 2010 6:14 AM
Tyler: You do, but neither of you knows it yet.
Posted by: djlatin | July 30, 2010 8:52 AM
Fuck it, man, I'll sell Zion right down the fucking river if it means I get some hot piece of ass.
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | July 30, 2010 10:38 PM