What contemporary viruses tell us about evolution: a personal view https://t.co/l2qcHtf9qj
les virus ; bien plus qu un agent infectieux, un moteur de l évolution génomique humaine (entre autres) ; tout ou dumoins beaucoup a propos de ces p'tites bêtes ici : https://t.co/Mx0GpNQn42
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What contemporary viruses tell us about evolution: a personal view https://t.co/Fzhxe7Ub88
Phage therapy "may gain attention again if resistance of bacteria to antibiotics continues to grow." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Phage therapy is currently not fashionable in Western medicine." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Phage cocktails were utilized in the Soviet Union in the Russian-Finnish war to avoid amputations." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Phage therapy "had been used for almost 100 years as antibacterial therapy before the discovery of antibiotics." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"A viral infection is more efficient in generating genetic diversity than mutations of cellular genes." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Virus infection of a cell is a very efficient way to supply novel genetic information." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Each component of the virus has an equivalent in the cellular antiviral defense system." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"A surprising phenomenon: similarities between viruses and host anti-viral defense machineries." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"Coevolution between retroviruses and cells resulted in a surprising phenomenon." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"The human genome contains about 40,000 HERVs today." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
Human coding genes: "with splicing, the number of coding genes is even higher." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
Human coding genes allow "complex regulation of gene expression." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"The (coding) genes are about 100-fold larger in humans" versus worms and weeds. https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"Only ~2% of the human DNA codes for protein products. This is only twice as much as in flies, worms and weeds." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"35-Mio-year-old endogenous HERVs can play a role in gene regulation and cancer formation to this very day." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"Infection of germline cells...made the human genome a “graveyard” of retroviral fossils." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"Infection of germline cells led to the accumulation of viral genes during evolution." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
"The human genome is full of transposable elements (TEs), endogenous viruses and various retroelements." https://t.co/JTCTsejSyA
Transposable elements "make up one third of our genome." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Transposable elements: "Most of them are inactivated by mutations so that they cannot replicate." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Transposable elements "have diverged beyond recognition." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Viral "contribution to mammalian genomes is probably underestimated." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Viruses build genomes of other species, at a significant rate. https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"An ancient retrovirus supported the development of the placenta in mammals." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"In some cases, hosts can benefit from viruses." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Viruses can "recombine with other dead viruses and generate an intact cell." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Viruses "can replicate in dead cells, repair radiation-damaged hosts." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Viruses can have exotic properties." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"A 35 Mio-year-old HERV was reconstructed from several defective HERV sequences...designated Phoenix." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
RT @dreamgbutterfly: What contemporary viruses tell us about evolution: a personal view https://t.co/l2qcHtf9qj
What contemporary viruses tell us about evolution: a personal view https://t.co/l2qcHtf9qj
RT @TenFleming: Bacterial information in us has "a total genetic complexity about 100 times greater than that of our own genome." https://t…
RT @TenFleming: Bacterial information in us has "a total genetic complexity about 100 times greater than that of our own genome." https://t…
Viruses. "Two hundred types have been detected in human gut samples based on similarities to known viruses." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Viruses are also a major component in our guts." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"We harbor about 1.5 kg of bacteria in our guts – 1,500 different types." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Viruses may be our third genome." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"We are 99 % bacteria – with respect to the total genetic information of our body." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Bacterial information in us has "a total genetic complexity about 100 times greater than that of our own genome." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Bacterial information is our second genome." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Healthy humans harbor "an unknown number of viruses." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Healthy humans consist of about 10 to the 13 cells and harbor 10 to the 14 to 10 to the 18 bacteria." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
Viruses "are present in the oceans, 10 to the 12 per ml, in the soil, abundant in plants." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"There are only about 10 to the 9 human beings...which makes us the invaders in the viral world, not vice versa." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"There are 10 to the 33 viruses on our planet, about 10 times more than bacteria." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Viruses cause diseases if a well-established equilibrium...evolved over billions of years, gets out of balance." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Most viruses do not cause diseases." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"Viruses are not primarily pathogens, which is a biased view based on the history of medicine." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
"New technologies have changed our understanding of viruses throughout the last ten years." https://t.co/JTCTseBtXa
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