Endogenous Retrovirus
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Endogenous retroviruses are retroviruses thought to be derived from ancient infections of reproductive cells in humans, mammals and other vertebrates; as such their genes are passed on to the next generation and as such now remain in the genome. Due to the increasing amount of evidence suggesting the importance of these phenomena for evolution molecular biologists such as Chandra Suresh described horizontal gene transfer as a "A New Paradigm for Biology"
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It has been suggested that an endogenous retrovirus have been introduced into the American water supply under the guise of fluoridation or bottled water, or paper cups.
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