The origin of viruses

2009/07/31 by Patrick Forterre, David Prangishvili · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Ancestor #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Biology #Capsid #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Giant Virus #Plant Virus Research Studies #Plant and Fungal Interactions Research #Viral evolution #Viral replication #Virology #Virus

paper · doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.008

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• Last universal common ancestor [wikipedia]