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World’s oldest plant virus discovered

December 20 , 2018 2167 days 778 0
  • The World’s oldest plant virus dating back 1,000 years named Zea Mays Chryso Virus 1 (ZMCV1)has been discovered by the scientists at a Native American archaeological site.
  • The previous oldest was found about 750 years ago.
  • They discovered it from the Antelope House, an Ancestral Puebloan ruin located at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona of the USA.

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