viruseve
Viruseve is a neologism used in speculative discussions about the historical role of viruses in evolution. The term blends virus with Eve, echoing ideas of a foundational ancestral source and inviting comparisons to concepts like Mitochondrial Eve. In this usage, viruseve serves as a heuristic for considering how viral genes may have been incorporated into host genomes and how viruses could have influenced early life through processes such as endogenization and horizontal gene transfer.
In scientific dialogue, viruseve is described as a thought experiment rather than an established hypothesis. It
Despite its usefulness as a teaching or discussion tool, viruseve does not have broad consensus support in
As a result, viruseve appears mainly in philosophical discussions, science communication, and speculative literature rather than