What contemporary viruses tell us about evolution: A personal view

Archives of Virology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1833-1848

  Moelling, Karin ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b Institute of Medical Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84883310754     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-013-1679-6     Document Type: Review

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