
TWiEVO 92: There's algae in the jar
This Week in Evolution
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The Evolution of Thyroid Viruses
A virus is an organism with two phases, right? It's got the particulate phase, the extracellular phase, and then there's the infected cell. So yes, if you use the broad definition of what a thyroid or a virus is, then they're organisms. And that also kind of echoes on actually some of these microalgae or other pond critters that turn into cysts. Nells: Why only red and green algae, Nells? I think there's more out there.
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