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GorillaP1mp t1_j1178c4 wrote

Kind of makes you wonder if that isn’t what all the “useless” sequences in our dna are because this has all happened before

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lt_dan_zsu t1_j11f33t wrote

It's now thought to be mostly remnants of ancient parasites like viruses and transposons.

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GorillaP1mp t1_j11gm3x wrote

Oh I’m sure it’s something like that. I just like saying “this has happened before” for dramatic effort.

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