The Double-Stranded DNA Virosphere as a Modular Hierarchical Network of Gene Sharing

Virus genomes are prone to extensive gene loss, gain, and exchange and share no universal genes. Therefore, in a broad-scale study of virus evolution, gene and genome network analyses can complement traditional phylogenetics. We performed an exhaustive comparative analysis of the genomes of double-s...

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Main Authors: Jaime Iranzo, Mart Krupovic, Eugene V. Koonin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e00978-16