Rice University: Ancient Viruses Discovered in Coral Symbionts' DNA
June 02, 2023
June 02, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, June 2 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release on June 1, 2023:
An international team of marine biologists has discovered the remnants of ancient RNA viruses embedded in the DNA of symbiotic organisms living inside reef-building corals.
The RNA fragments are from viruses that infected the symbionts as long ago as 160 million years. The discovery is described in an open-access study published this week in the Nature journal Communica . . .
An international team of marine biologists has discovered the remnants of ancient RNA viruses embedded in the DNA of symbiotic organisms living inside reef-building corals.
The RNA fragments are from viruses that infected the symbionts as long ago as 160 million years. The discovery is described in an open-access study published this week in the Nature journal Communica . . .