(April 27, 2021 at 3:12 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:Abaddon_ire Wrote:Two viruses enter a cell? Why two?Well, there can be more. But at least two are needed for conjugation.
Abaddon_ire Wrote:Viruses replicate without interacting with other viruses. What did you think?I thought, as I still do, that they can, like bacteria or turkeys or bees, replicate without interacting with other viruses, but that they also can, and is beneficial to the offspring if they do that, replicate while interacting with other viruses.
What exactly are you referring to as conjugation here? Conjugation normally applies to prokaryotes, not viruses, so it's not at all clear what you mean. References would help.