[decimon]

Forever amber ping

[Kevmo]

What remains are the molecular equivalents of mounted trophies, insects preserved in genomic amber, DNA fossils.
***Cool.

[allmendream]

Some call endogenous retroviral sequences (ERV’s) in the genome as the “smoking gun” evidence of common descent.

It is absolutely amazing that if an ERV is found that is not degraded much from the “parent” sequence it is likely to be found only within that species or in very closely related species (exactly as if it had incorporated itself into the genome very recently). But if an ERV is found that is highly degraded it will likely be found in almost all closely related species (exactly as if it had incorporated itself into the genome of a common ancestor a long time ago).

There has yet to be a scientific explanation proffered for this phenomena that doesn't include common descent.

[TruthWillWin]

And I thought Tide and warm water cleaned all the bugs from my genes jeans?

[smokingfrog]

I noticed that the same article is at KansasCity.com, but the title is Genomes reveal evolution of viruses. Wonder why? The term "fossil" doesn't really apply if we are talking about mutated genes, does it?

[Coyoteman]

These things are a great road map of the past! Cool!

[SunkenCiv]

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[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, dudes.