
An Invisible World Buzzing with Communication and Excitement: Jon Lieff, MD
Evolution 2.0
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Are They Intelligent?
Virus is the dominant life form on earth by far. Every day, the fage viruses kill half of the bacteria in the ocean. Viruses are constantly trading genetic material. A piece of the virus is how we got the placenta. Its how we got amelice te digestive ensine right now in us. There are 300 times as many genes and a hundred thousand proteins from the bacteria making them than there are bacterial products. And they're everywhere, moving all over our bodies. But some of them are necessary for evolution to take place. So regale us with your own version of Baracella's story.
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