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A recent study published in Nature Communications found two strains of the giant virus Tupanvirus.
the virus contains the most complete set of genes needed for protein assembly in all known viruses, through which they can understand the evolution of the virus. the discovery of the
giant virus has sparked a heated debate about the evolution of the virus, with two main theories.
a complex giant virus that is thought to have evolved from simple ancestors to acquire the genes of the infected host.
another thought that the ancestors of the giant virus may have been giant viruses, and that the unwanted genes were lost over time. Bernard La Scola of the University of Aix-Marseille, France,
and colleagues discovered Tupanvirus in samples collected from a alkaline lake and deep-sea sediments in Brazil.
analyzing the genomes of these viruses, they revealed that they contain genes similar to those known to viruses and organisms of three living domains (ancient flora, bacterial domains, and eukaryotic se).any.
however, about 30 percent of the gene's homologous genes have not been found in other organisms.
researchers found that Tupanvirus contains the largest gene set involved in protein assembly and has the genes needed to assemble all 20 amino acids into proteins.
the origin of these 20 genes is still unknown.
conclude that while further research is needed, Tupanvirus's discovery represents an important step toward understanding the evolution of viruses.
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