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No it doesn't imply anything about origins of life - but the lack of any homologous sequences in known species (including other viruses) that have been sequenced does illustrate the vast gaps in the totality of genetic data collected and indexed so far.


exactly. The DNA database definitely suffers from the streetlight effect.




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