
TWiEVO 73: With a little help from your hosts
This Week in Evolution
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The Genetic Basis of Cancer
The basis of onco gens was broken open, right? So these are the genetic basis of cancer. The genes that can contribute to cancer susceptibility. Where was this found bishop in varmis found this in a chicken. Retro virus was a host gen just sitting there. Tha, it's involved in cell growth control, cell it agen. And so even some of the smaller ones, tho crono viruses are akind of super tankers of orna viruses, poy viruses, small. These retr viruses are small, but even as you're pointing out, they're occasionally getting in on this game, which is to get a little help from the hosts, genetically speaking
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