The place of viruses in biology in light of the metabolismversus- replication-first debate

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-406

  López García, Purificación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Definition of life; Evolution; Giant viruses; Horizontal gene transfer; Metabolism; Origin of life; Self replication; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, VIRAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUSES;

EID: 84870797948     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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