‘Ambigram’ Viruses 😮
In single-gene narnaviruses, the genome’s “reverse complement” — the strand of complementary nucleotides used in replication — read backwards - is legible as well, instead of being littered with stop codons.
"The ambigrammatic property of narnaviruses may be a clever mechanism of self-preservation."
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-clues-about-ambigram-viruses-with-strange-reversible-genes-20200212/
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