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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by op00to on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @07:00AM (#24281273)
Genes don’t “jump” like that.
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Re:Africa declared free of wild polio by CWuestefeld on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:47PM (#24285069)
Sure they do:

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) or lateral gene transfer (LGT) is the movement of genetic material between unicellular and/or multicellular organisms other than by the ("vertical") transmission of DNA from parent to offspring (reproduction). HGT is an important factor in the evolution of many organisms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer

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