(April 27, 2021 at 12:47 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(April 27, 2021 at 12:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Viruses reproduce, but they don’t ‘breed’ in the conventional sense. They are self-replicators, so inbreeding isn’t an issue. Even if it were, I don’t see what moving from one species to another would have to do with it. HGT tends to increase genetic diversity, not stifle it.
Viruses don’t mate with each other in a way that would result in inbreeding.
Boru
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