Wallabies and bats harbor 'fossil' genes from the most deadly family of human viruses
Research reveals potential reservoir species, new mechanism for how mammals acquire genes
06-Jul-2010 -
Modern marsupials may be popular animals at the zoo and in children's books, but new findings by University at Buffalo biologists reveal that they harbor a "fossil" copy of a gene that codes for filoviruses, which cause Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers and are the most lethal viruses known to ...
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