What is a virus species? Radical pluralism in viral taxonomy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 64-70

  Morgan, Gregory J ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; ICTV; Mosaic genomes; Radical pluralism; Viral species; Viral taxonomy; Virus classification; Virus species

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; VIRUSES;

EID: 84961182666     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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