Viral Extinction (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Viral Extinction

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Our ancestors evolved a defense mechanism against viral protein HERT-V (green), eradicating the virus about 11 million years ago.

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Laboratory of Retrovirology at the Rockefeller University/eLife

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