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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian

BTW, you don't seem to appreciate what a marvelous clue to the origins of life viruses are. The idea has been around for some time that viruses might be evidence for (and living descendants of) RNA-World. The discovery of Mimivirus has bolstered that hypothesis.

1,873 posted on 02/17/2006 11:05:28 AM PST by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)

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To: VadeRetro

Thx for the link

1,895 posted on 02/17/2006 11:33:40 AM PST by dread78645 (Intelligent Design. It causes people to misspeak)

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1,972 posted on 02/17/2006 1:12:59 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)

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To: VadeRetro

Cool article on Mimivirus. Already bookmarked for later more detailed digestion.

Cheers!

2,181 posted on 02/18/2006 9:47:27 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)

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