The Scientist : NewsBlog Print: A microbe's surprising defense
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A microbe's surprising defense
Posted by Jennifer Evans
[Entry posted at 29th September 2008 11:49 PM GMT]
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A single-celled phytoplankton has a wily way of resisting viral attack, according to a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The organism makes itself invisible to its viral predator by shifting from the diploid ...

 

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