what the fuck
whats that?
a virus.
>>1990987
bacteriophage, they're like viruses that attack bacteria.
This organisms is used to prove DNA determines genetic information.
>>1990913
Thanks pareidolia
>>1990910
not an animal
>>1991343
>and nature
WE
>>1990910
it's like that bug
Bacteriophages are cool as fuck.
They inject genetic material into bacteria cells that literally reprogram the internal factories of the bacterium to start producing more bacteriophages. Hundreds of billions of bacteriophages are formed until the cell bursts, and the new phages go and find more bacteria to fuck up.
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>>1990913
>there are planets where intelligent creatures are shaped like these
Sup.
>>1990910
It's a machine.
>>1991410
>muh nigga
>>1990910
Ebola (Not a Virus I know)
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>>1991458
Those things are nightmare fuel. They aren't even considered to be a living thing.
Look at how they reproduce.
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>>1991470
dat lordosis
>>1991418
>pandemic legion
lel now i get it.
![char_36703[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tQnn68n.jpg "char_36703[1].jpg")
>>1991458
EBOLA?!
>>1991367
how did they come to being, like their evolutionary line?
>>1991000
nice trips
>>1993683
we don't care about trips on slow boards, newfriend.
>>1993638
I'm not sure that's known yet. I mean it's a bit like the abiogenesis question, the mechanics of the thing are pretty complex despite it being a relatively simple machine.
what we do know is that much of the DNA from most living things came from viruses. They're adept at stealing genes and sticking them in other creatures. Some of those transfers actually stick with us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer
>>1993817
Holy crap, where is this from?
>>1991410
Literally how all viruses work in non cell wall bound cells work
>>1993840
inside every cell in your body.
Viruses are so weird
Any other interesting ones? Such as bacteriophage?
whats up my niggas
are you all on the chapter about phages in your bio classes too?
>>1993817
Needs a twirling cane and a top hat with putting on the Ritz playing in the background.
>>1993840
It's a motor protein. (Also known as Motor City Protein)
>>1994569
Past it, but I wanna delve more in depth into virology, bacteria, and protozoology but there aren't any courses on these this coming semester.
So I'm settling with looking at shit under my microscope.
I don't have the resources at home, but I'd love to see if I could use viruses to inject DNA into fungi to make it more resistance to competitor fungus.
>>1991463
they are nanomachines
Kawaii~~
>>1991463
It's just rogue molecules from living cells that forms a sort of key that is attracted to cells that can allow it to multiply. It's just pure function.
>>1994858
/r/ing anime eyes on this cute virus.
>>1991343
a tree is not an animal, look at the fucking catalog
>>1990910
It's pure information with a capsid that protect it. That's why virus aren't living things but an obligate parasite.
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>>1996668
Thanks for sharing this, friend. In return I present an egg being bombarded by sperm.
>>1996668
Nice.
Hey man, this is /an/, for life
viruses aren't even organisms fuck off m8
>>1997188
>viruses aren't even organisms
How much lateral gene transfer does it take to give "life" to a virus? I mean, if a virus is huge and complex enough to get infected by other viruses, where is the line?
>pic related
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>>1996678
How the fuck they supposed to get in there? God damn.
>>1991463
Really makes you wonder if these little fuckers arrived on meteors and are actually from literal alien origin. Panspermia doesn't even that far fetched.
bump
let's have more
>>1997205
The line is currently drawn at having a metabolism and being able to copy your own genetic material. Viruses don't meet the criteria.
>>1997859
By being strong enough. No weak ass sperm allowed here.
>>1997859
There's nothing easy about any woman
>>2000038
But they meet both criteria just in a different way from every other thing on earth
What a disturbing thread.
>>2000029
Prions aren't viruses man. Though they are pretty similar, they don't rely on genes.
>>1997188
>muh metabolism
