Ask anybody about the size of something like a virus is and there’s a good chance that they’s actually overshoot it; these bundles of genetic material are a fraction of the size of the bacteria and cells that they invade. There are, however, a couple of exceptions—and these exceptions look set on redefining what is actually means to be a virus.
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