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THE HORIZON

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Cross-Species Transfer Reveals Hidden Biology

Hypothesis: models trained across all domains of life will identify conserved functional patterns that single-species systems miss. Test this by preregistering predictions in understudied organisms, measuring transfer against species-specific baselines, and requiring prospective validation on regulatory, protein, and host–microbe tasks before claiming general biological understanding.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

Evo 2 trains across genomic diversity; unified nucleic-acid and protein models report cross-modality representations suitable for transfer tests.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    Genome Modelling and Design Across All Domains of Life with Evo 2

    peer-reviewed primary research / dated 2026 / retrieved 2026-07-09

  2. S02
    Generalized Biological Foundation Model with Unified Nucleic Acid and Protein Language

    peer-reviewed primary research / published 2025-06-18 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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