The discovery that the host defence protein ZAP specifically targets viral RNAs that are rich in a particular pair of adjacent bases — cytosine followed by guanine — sheds light on the evolution of viral RNA genomes. See Letter p.124
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Goff, S. Zapping viral RNAs. Nature 550, 46–47 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24140
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