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'Studies on viruses were crucial to the birth of modern biology. Lacking the complexity of cells, they revealed fundamental rules about how genes work. But viral reductionism came at a cost, Vignuzzi said: By assuming viruses are simple, you blind yourself to the possibility that they might be complicated in ways you don’t know about yet.'
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quantamagazine.org/viruses-fin

@enroweb Merci, je l'avais mis de coté hier ;)

(Je suis son auteur depuis un moment.)

@SciTania Oui, je me doutais que tu avais Carl Zimmer sur ton radar, mais je ne pouvais pas ne pas penser à toi ^^

@enroweb Et je suis flattée qu'un article de Carl Zimmer puisse faire penser à moi :p

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