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UncleOxidant
5y ago
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Whenever you catch a cold or flu those are generally DNA viruses (unless it's a coronavirus cold). Those don't alter your DNA.
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base698
5y ago
Eh, yeah they do. We have tons of base pair sequences in our DNA that we suspect came from viruses.
https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/genes-%E2%80%98fossil%E2%80%99-...
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