How much do viruses change over time?

Abstract Bacteriophages, or only phages, are small viruses that infect bacteria. Some phages help us killing harmful bacteria and maintain our healthy intestine. Although the phages have existed for millions of years, we do not know much about those of antiquity. To find out, we analyze samples of super old peanking. Using a new technique…

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Review of the genus Pseudocleobis Pocock, 1900 (Ammotrechidae) in Chile with the description of nine new species

He Pseudocleobis Chile are reviewed. Pseudocleobis Morsicanos (Gervais, 1849) and P. chilensis Roewer, 1934 are considered Species Research. Pseudocleobis Andinus (Pocock, 1899) is eliminated from Chilean fauna, and its previous records are considered erroneous identifications. Pseudocleobis alticola Pocock, 1900 is recorded from Chile for the first time. Nine new species are described, Pseudocleobis elongatus north….

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An innovative proposal | Science 2.0

The other day I finally left a very stressful impulse to submit two requests for subsidies to the European Innovation Council. The call in question is for Pathfinder_open projects, which aim at evidence of the principle of innovative technological innovations. So I thought about informing about that experience (no, I’m not new, but you never…

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