Viruses Revealed To Be A Major Driver Of Human Evolution (IMAGE)

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Viruses Revealed To Be A Major Driver Of Human Evolution

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Aminopeptidase N is a protein that acts as a receptor for coronaviruses, the family of viruses behind recent epidemics of SARS and MERS, among others. Researchers found evidence that this protein has adapted repeatedly during mammalian evolution to evade binding by coronaviruses.

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