Go say Hello to ERV (endogenous retro-virus)!
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Remember this post from a couple of weeks ago? It was quite popular on tagging sites like Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon.
Before I start talking about endogenous retroviruses, there is one thing I need to make clear about exogenous retroviruses first, for anyone who deals with pseudoscientists.
ARR!
I mean, ERV!
I mean, NIRV!
Phylogeny, integration and expression of sigma virus-like genes in Drosophila
How do we know that we are kin to chimpanzees and howler monkeys and the other primates? For one thing, it's by far the best explanation for the fossil record.