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21 hours ago · Horizontal gene transfer ( HGT) or lateral gene transfer ( LGT) [1] [2] [3] is the movement of genetic material between organisms other than by the ("vertical") transmission of DNA from parent to offspring ( reproduction ). [4] HGT is an important factor in the evolution of many organisms. [5] [6] HGT is influencing scientific understanding of ...
21 hours ago · Murine respirovirus, formerly Sendai virus (SeV) and previously also known as murine parainfluenza virus type 1 or hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ), is an enveloped, 150-200 nm–diameter, negative sense, single-stranded RNA virus of the family Paramyxoviridae. [2] [3] [4] It typically infects rodents and it is not pathogenic for humans or ...
21 hours ago · A dog with rabies, a zoonosis. A zoonosis ( / zoʊˈɒnəsɪs, ˌzoʊəˈnoʊsɪs /; [1] plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human and vice versa. [1] [2] [3]
