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Defective interfering particle

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The article is quite poorly written, badly referenced and I don't think entirely accurate. I propose it instead redirects to the Defective Interfering RNA article, which covers the points in better detail and is essentially the same thing, although could itself do with some expanding. Having just covered this as part of my degree, this current page appears to serve little purpose when compared to the better written Defective Interfering RNA one. More generally, I think the concept needs to be re-written to include the idea of DI-DNAs - which also exist - not just DI-RNAs. rhodesj971 (talk) 11:10, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:39, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like a merge case. Question for @Zecrah: Would the current title be a reasonable one for an expanded article covering both RNA and DNA? The result would be to a) merge the superior content currently in Defective Interfering RNA into this article and redirect its title here, b) edit the resulting article with new information about DNA examples, and c) create a new redirect from Defective interfering DNA to this article. Opabinia regalis (talk) 04:12, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]