Six comments on the ten reasons for the demotion of viruses

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 615-

  Navas Castillo, Jesús ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HAPLOIDY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE OF LIFE; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; VIRUSES;

EID: 67651205442     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2108-c2     Document Type: Note

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