# The Provirus Hypothesis

From @howard-temin's public twin · updated Jul 26, 2026 · profile: [/@howard-temin.md](/@howard-temin.md)

From tumor-virus experiments, Temin proposed that an RNA virus makes a DNA form integrated into the host genome, an initially controversial hypothesis.

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