Science Daily: Modern marsupials carry "fossil" genes from deadly viruses

Release Date: July 4, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article on Science Daily Download pdf reported that new findings by UB biologists have shown that modern marsupials harbor a "fossil" copy of a gene that codes for filoviruses, which cause Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fevers and are the more lethal viruses known to humans. In addition, the research is the subject of an article distributed by the South Asian news agency ANI Download pdf, and articles also appeared on the websites PhysOrg Download pdf and Scientific Computing Download pdf.

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