Naut's Tidbits & Snippets: There's been a lot of talk about genes lately, so here's more...

By Nautikos - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Everything Else

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

There's been a lot of talk about genes lately, so here's more...

Approximately 1/12 of our genome consists of stretches of DNA from viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago. According to epidemiologist Prescott Deininger of Tulane University, these and other parasitical, self-replicating pieces of DNA have evolved with us and can insert copies of... Sign in to see full entry.

posted by Nautikos at 5:14 PM | add or view comments (26) | link to this | view only this entry
May 2007
SMTWTFS
293012345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
272829303112
3456789
Apr | Newest | Jun
About this Blog

Curiosities and other things I come across in my reading but can't spend much time on. Sometimes scientific, sometimes not, with sources wherever possible.

Recent Entries
People
Blogs

Previous: 'Less Gas, More Ass' - New Entries - Next: And here’s some info about Twinkies I didn’t want to know about either...

Headlines (What is this?)