Do viruses lurking in our genes make us smarter? Not really - © - TopicsExpress



          

Do viruses lurking in our genes make us smarter? Not really - © Mehmet Pinarci Our Viral Inheritance May Make Us Smarter cries the headline of a news story reporting on a new research study from Lund University in Sweden. Junk DNA from million-year-old viruses actually plays vital role in human intelligence: study claims another, about the same study. The headlines are provocative indeed, suggesting viral gene fragments that are embedded in our genome are linked to... ow.ly/2TiONN
Posted on: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 00:06:30 +0000

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