Infrapink@kbin.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy are people talking about flying a flag upside-down?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down111
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Infrapink@kbin.social to Science@beehaw.org · 10 months agoYour brain finds it easy to size up four objects but not five — here’s whyplus-squarewww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
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Infrapink@kbin.social to Science@beehaw.org · 10 months agoLaser mapping reveals hidden structures in Amazon—with hints at thousands moreplus-squarewww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
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minus-squareInfrapink@kbin.socialtoScience@beehaw.org•*Permanently Deleted*linkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 year agoIt’s usually mediated by viruses. A virus infects an organism, picks up some host genetic material, and later jumps to a different host. At some point, the viral DNA is incorporated into the host genome and stays there, bringing the DNA from the previous host with it. This is how mammals got placentas. About 8% of the human genome is made of viruses that got stuck there linkfedilink
It’s usually mediated by viruses. A virus infects an organism, picks up some host genetic material, and later jumps to a different host. At some point, the viral DNA is incorporated into the host genome and stays there, bringing the DNA from the previous host with it. This is how mammals got placentas. About 8% of the human genome is made of viruses that got stuck there