/virus/ - Viruses
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)19:07:43 | 19 comments | 6 images
Post viruses, giant viruses, and acellular life here!
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)19:24:51 No.4933996
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:29:39 No.4934015
behold, new biggest virus
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)20:31:58 No.4934016
crazy how the giant alien robots from that one movie look just like phages
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)21:59:44 No.4934044
>>4934016
Phages are really cool and weird, I keep having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that these viruses, microscopic chemical machines that can barely be considered life, have these intricate little legs and tails. Then they stick it in a bacteria like a tiny syringe.
Phages are really cool and weird, I keep having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that these viruses, microscopic chemical machines that can barely be considered life, have these intricate little legs and tails. Then they stick it in a bacteria like a tiny syringe.
Anonymous 01/14/25(Tue)22:57:46 No.4934050
>>4934016
Viruses duplicate, alter, and dump genes extremely fast. They’re subject to natural selection on steroids. It’s like how bizarre traits evolve in arthropods but meanwhile vertebrates are still all essentially funny looking fish.
Viruses duplicate, alter, and dump genes extremely fast. They’re subject to natural selection on steroids. It’s like how bizarre traits evolve in arthropods but meanwhile vertebrates are still all essentially funny looking fish.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)00:23:09 No.4934072
>>4934050
Also why covid mutates scarily fast. How many strains are there now? Definitely more than a dozen.
Also why covid mutates scarily fast. How many strains are there now? Definitely more than a dozen.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)02:31:30 No.4934120
Can't beat the classics.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)11:48:26 No.4934287
>>4934016
i used to be really into phages as a kid. they look so cool.
i used to be really into phages as a kid. they look so cool.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)11:56:52 No.4934291
A virus wont lie to you like online people. Freaks.
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)15:24:56 No.4934377
Archaeal viruses are weird
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)15:26:16 No.4934379
Wait, i thought virus weren't alive? Did high school biology lie to me?
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)16:29:45 No.4934408
>>4934379
Who said they were? Does nature discussion have to be about the biotic factors only?
Who said they were? Does nature discussion have to be about the biotic factors only?
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)16:31:42 No.4934410
>>4934408
I guess not
I guess not
Anonymous 01/15/25(Wed)16:40:44 No.4934414
>>4934379
Viruses are the border between life and non-life. If viruses are alive, then so is RNA. If viruses aren't alive, then neither are bacteria, protozoans, etc. It's like... pseudo-life.
Viruses are the border between life and non-life. If viruses are alive, then so is RNA. If viruses aren't alive, then neither are bacteria, protozoans, etc. It's like... pseudo-life.
Anonymous 01/16/25(Thu)04:08:57 No.4934642
Is it true that some viruses can "self-assemble" if you just "shake around" their component proteins enough?
And could this be how life appeared on Earth?
And could this be how life appeared on Earth?
Anonymous 01/16/25(Thu)11:07:41 No.4934745
>>4934642
Yeah, they can. I think it works best with the capsid proteins, though.
Yeah, they can. I think it works best with the capsid proteins, though.
Anonymous 01/16/25(Thu)15:59:21 No.4934853
>>4934016
love these dudes
love these dudes
Anonymous 01/16/25(Thu)17:01:44 No.4934877
>>4934853
I love dudes
I love dudes
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:42:20 No.4936802