alt Hacker NewsIf the virus didn't evolve the gene on its own, then "stole" seems like a fair description of how it got it.
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SideburnsOfDoom • yesterday at 8:16 AM
"Copied" or "borrowed" might work.
bell-cot • yesterday at 12:35 AM
I suspect the original author's copyright had expired, so the gene was public domain.
You wouldn't download a gene, would you?