'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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https://www.quantamagazine.org/viruses-finally-reveal-their-complex-social-life-20240411/
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@enroweb Et je suis flattée qu'un article de Carl Zimmer puisse faire penser à moi :p