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Beetle poop may have helped shape millions of years of yeast evolution

University at Buffalo scientists have found evidence that different species of yeast have shared genes originally acquired from an ancient virus—and the guts and droppings of beetles may have helped make it happen.

Beetle poop may have helped shape millions of years of yeast evolution
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University at Buffalo scientists have found evidence that different species of yeast have shared genes originally acquired from an ancient virus—and the guts and droppings of beetles may have helped make it happen.

Originally published at Phys.org

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