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TIL if you are infected by a retrovirus, it can change your DNA, and you can pass these changes on to your descendants. By one estimate, 5-8% of the human genome comes from retroviruses. Most inse... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL if you are infected by a retrovirus, it can change your DNA, and you can pass these changes on to your descendants. By one estimate, 5-8% of the human genome comes from retroviruses. Most insertions have no known function and are often referred to as "junk DNA".

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