A.d.i.d.a.s. All day I dream about science. Group Leader at IMBA. Genomics & evolution. Peruano.https://bsky.app/profile/arburga.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/arburga.bsky.social/post/3mm4zcfustk2y🧬 New research from the Burga lab! We took a closer look at a rogue selfish protein and caught evolution in the act of turning something old into something radically new 💡 (a.k.a. neofunctionalization) @imbavienna.bsky.social https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.15.725417v1 Curious? Here’s a breakdown:18 May 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:4rnae4ff2fauevsc6gqw2hsf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4zcfustk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/arburga.bsky.social/post/3m6ev7k2ves2p🪱 Selfish genes are everywhere and drive some of biology’s biggest innovations (CRISPR, antibody recombination, epigenetics). Yet almost no one asks the obvious question: how does a selfish gene begin? Our new manuscript uncovers how selfishness can emerge directly from the host genome.24 Nov 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:4rnae4ff2fauevsc6gqw2hsf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ev7k2ves2p