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welkin

I couldn't help think of the regressive theory of viral origins (which seems to have fallen out of favor) - the idea that a cellular organism might degenerate to ultimately become a new virus. Of course, I always pictured tiny viral genomes in this process, much smaller than the ones you are talking about, BUT now that we know about Mimiviruses - perhaps not such a ridiculous idea?

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