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Re:Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mea... by devmor on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:24AM (#43643539)
We already have mitoviruses, it stands to reason they they might adapt to infect mitochondria that are being delivered to cells.
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Re:Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mea... by blacksmith_tb on Thursday April 10, 2025 @01:48PM (#43646373)
We haven't found any mitoviruses in animals, yet, at least?

1: https://virology.ws/2019/03/28/viruses-that-infect-mitochond...

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Re:Cells are swapping their mitochondria. What does this mea... by devmor on Thursday April 10, 2025 @10:21PM (#43649902)
We have viruses in animals that reproduce using the mitochondria already, but don’t exclusively target the mitochondria. I believed these were categorized as mitoviruses but I was mistaken.
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