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RT @TenFleming: “Virus metagenomics is a young research direction but can already boast several stories of conspicuous success in the disco…
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“The family Tectiviridae and played a central role in the origin and evolution of diverse selfish elements in eukaryotes including giant viruses of the proposed order “Megavirales”.” https://t.co/9AkueQ3jvr
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“Extensive comparative analysis of the genomes of dsDNA viruses infecting eukaryotes as well as dsDNA plasmids and transposons has led to an evolutionary scenario in which polintoviruses evolved directly from bacteriophages of the family Tectiviridae.” htt
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RT @TenFleming: “Thus, we have hypothesized that Polintons lead a dual life style and, in addition to behaving like typical transposons, ar…