This article in [@QuantaMagazine](https://mstdn.social/@QuantaMagazine) is astonishing. In some viral infections, many or even most viruses have depleted genomes; they rely on their full-genome cousins to co-infect the same cell to provide the missing proteins they need in order to replicate … then benefit from replicating faster because they’re smaller!
https://www.quantamagazine.org/viruses-finally-reveal-their-complex-social-life-20240411/
Greg Egan /
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2024-04-15 09:57:23
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