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By Michael Alan Prestwood

Sun 22 Feb 2026
Published 6 months ago.
Updated 4 months ago.
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About 1.75 billion years ago, Monodnaviria evolved as "runaway" genetic loops (plasmids) that stole structural proteins from other viruses to become independent, single-stranded DNA parasites.

Monodnaviria

~1.75 Billion years ago (+/- 200 million)
single-stranded DNA viruses

Monodnaviria is a high-level biological realm of viruses characterized by a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) genome. They are defined by their use of a specific protein (an HUH endonuclease) to initiate a process called rolling-circle replication.

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