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MOLECULAR COMPLEXITY. "Behavior is an integral feature of life. Behavior is manifest when a choice is possible, and a living entity responds to its environment in one of multiple possible ways." https://lnkd.in/ddnX_69 View in LinkedIn

PHAGE VIRUSES. "Bacteriophages are especially mosaic: the genome of any phage species appears to be a composite of numerous individual modules. These modules may be found in other phage species in different arrangements." https://lnkd.in/dFSG2cu View in LinkedIn

BACTERIOPHAGES are viruses that prey on bacteria."Given that phages are relatively specific, are capable of rapid adaptation, and are often obligate killers of their host cells, they can impose strong selection on bacterial populations and shape microbial communities." https://lnkd.in/dPdrQyr View in LinkedIn

MODULAR HYPOTHESIS. "According to the modular hypothesis, phages do not show vertical evolution in the Darwinian sense and it makes no sense to draw an evolutionary tree for phages." (Bacteriophages or phages are viruses that prey on bacteria). https://lnkd.in/e6G-N4S View in LinkedIn

VIRUSES: ORGANISMS AT THE EDGE OF LIFE. "It could be postulated that the replicate function of all RNA viruses is an ancient common evolutionary feature or dating ' cassette' assembly, as it is the basis for the existence of these viruses, and probably evolved only once. One may draw a neat phylogenetic tree on the basis of...polymerase/ replicase genes only." https://lnkd.in/d_sQRmR View in LinkedIn

PROMISCUOUS BEASTIES. "Classical approaches to classification are not suitable for viruses, as rigid hierarchies can't be imposed on organisms that appear -- evolutionarily speaking -- to been rather promiscuous in sharing their characteristics around." https://lnkd.in/d_sQRmR View in LinkedIn

NON-PARASITIC VIRUSES. "Most viruses, however, are stable, persistent living beings that do not colonize a host organism for simple selfish purposes. Rather, they display varying survival strategies which can differ according to the host they inhabit." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

PARASITIC VIRUSES "represent a special case of viruses that were unable to reach persistent status by a sessile life-style." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

DNA VACCINES. "The investigational Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus WT GP DNA vaccines were safe, well tolerated, and immunogenic in this phase I study." https://lnkd.in/dEyA-42 View in LinkedIn

QUASI SELF-GOVERNANCE. "With very few important exceptions...organelles have retained DNA." https://lnkd.in/d8-2n7b View in LinkedIn