'David and Goliath' viruses shed light on the origin of jumping genes

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

University of British Columbia researchers have identified a small virus that attacks another virus more than 100 times its own size, rescuing the infected zooplankton from certain death. The discovery provides clues to the evolutionary origin of some jumping genes found in other organisms.

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