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| Title |
The origins of giant viruses, virophages and their relatives in host genomes
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| Published in |
BMC Biology, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12915-014-0051-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Aris Katzourakis, Amr Aswad |
| Abstract |
Giant viruses have revealed a number of surprises that challenge conventions on what constitutes a virus. The Samba virus newly isolated in Brazil expands the known distribution of giant mimiviruses to a near-global scale. These viruses, together with the transposon-related virophages that infect them, pose a number of questions about their evolutionary origins that need to be considered in the light of the complex entanglement between host, virus and virophage genomes. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 19% |
| United States | 3 | 19% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 6% |
| South Africa | 1 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 63% |
| Scientists | 3 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 78 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 24% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 44% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 29% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 1% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 10 | 13% |