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virus precedes the funtion

ejddar
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Does anyone in the scientific communinity believe the viruses precede the funtion of life and or cells. Like before there is life there is a virus that predates the function of the gene or even a computer for that matter or does science believe that life predates the virus. Is there anyway in knowing can scientist study the genes of ancent viruses. And does anyone knoe what the results are

Well there's the fact that a virus itself is not considered alive. It cannot reproduce. Instead, it hijacks a cell into producing copies of the virus. A virus without life won't get anywhere.

Well there's the fact that a virus itself is not considered alive. It cannot reproduce. Instead, it hijacks a cell into producing copies of the virus. A virus without life won't get anywhere.

Indeed, I don't think it is possible for a virus to pre-date life, due to this fact and if it did, it is irrelevant as it was never evolved to be a virus it is just coincidental.

Well essentially the answer is there, a virus is a mobile genetic element requiring a cell to propagate. Hence, it cannot predate cells.

rna world?

 

Doubt it. A virus is defined as a hijacker rather than just D/RNA and in fact due to it's protein coat would not even qualify for rna world.

 

What are rna world critters called?

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