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kleinbl00 · 1758 days ago · link · · parent · post: Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag
1) At least link to the thread. 2) My understanding is that viruses swap DNA with surprising regularity: new study finds that viruses share some genes exclusively with cells that are not their hosts. The study, reported in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, adds to the evidence that viruses swap genes with a variety of cellular organisms and are agents of diversity, researchers say.