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I can't find any mention of animal RNA in the twitter thread. Is that mentioned in another thread or deeper in linked documents?



> The presence of host derived RNA insertion from the TMEM245 gene (https://virological.org/t/putative-host-origins-of-rna-inser...) would argue for evolution within human population. Otherwise I would have had this spillback from animal population on the list of hypotheses.

https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1464359663282049038

TMEM245 is a conserved chunk of mRNA in primates.


Thanks a lot. Your objection to the statement also makes sense.




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