#I think the prevailing theory like most retrotranposons is that it came from a now extinct virus and it just kept replicating itself

[elbiotipo]

Why did apes and humans lose their tails?

*reads*

of fucking course it was a fucking Alu element

#for those who don't know: Alu elements are piece of shit self-replicating DNA retrotransposons #which sometimes replicate without permission and do a little trolling like leaving us without tails or giving us cancer #I think the prevailing theory like most retrotranposons is that it came from a now extinct virus and it just kept replicating itself #inside our DNA with no permission #cosas mias #genetics