What is Pandoravirus yedoma?
{{Taxobox | unranked_regnum = Virus | phylum = ''[[Nucleocytoviricota]]'' | familia = ''[[Pandoraviridae]]'' | genus = ''[[Pandoravirus]]'' | species = '''''Pandoravirus yedoma''''' }} '''''[[Pandoravirus]] yedoma''''', or ''P. yedoma'', is a [[virus]] which originated 48,500 years ago. It was found in the deep [[Siberia]]n [[permafrost]] in [[Russia]]. It was revived by [[French people|French]] [[scientist]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Musto|first=Julia|date=2022-11-29|title=Scientists revive 48,500-year-old 'zombie virus' from Siberian permafrost|url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/scientists-revive-48500-year-old-zombie-virus-siberian-permafrost|access-date=2022-12-01|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> The French National Centre for Scientific Research has revived more than a dozen prehistoric viruses from the Siberian permafrost.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9305181/50000-year-old-zombie-virus-revived-siberia-permafrost/ | title='Zombie' virus revived after 50,000 years trapped in Siberian permafrost - National &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Viruses]] {{biology-stub}}