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Genomes within genomes

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Bacterial parasite's DNA discovered in fruitfly host.

Another team of genome researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland, which has been investigating the DNA of a rather less salubrious organism, this week reports a surprise discovery: the DNA of fruitfly Drosophila ananassae contains the entire genome of a parasitic bacterium of the Wolbachia genus.

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