Yet viruses cannot be included in the tree of life

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 615-617

  López García, Purificación ^a   Moreira, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS VIRUS 1; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MIMIVIRUS; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TREE OF LIFE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 67651213752     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2108-c7     Document Type: Note

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