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SUBMITTER: Harish A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5010908 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Genome biology and evolution 20160827 8
The evolutionary origins of viruses according to marker gene phylogenies, as well as their relationships to the ancestors of host cells remains unclear. In a recent article Nasir and Caetano-Anollés reported that their genome-scale phylogenetic analyses based on genomic composition of protein structural-domains identify an ancient origin of the "viral supergroup" (Nasir et al. 2015. A phylogenomic data-driven exploration of viral origins and evolution. Sci Adv. 1(8):e1500527.). It suggests that ...[more]