VIRAL DEFENDERS. “The colonized host must retain persisting viruses (or defectives) in order to survive in the omnipresent virosphere and also to be able to kill competing but uncolonized host. It is important to note that this is a main underlying mechanism of host cell group identity. This concept would seem to suggest a deep importance as to why prokaryotes, for example, must retain cryptic virus information.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022