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Spontaneous Deletion of an “ORFanage” Region Facilitates Host Adaptation in a “Photosynthetic” Cyanophage

Viruses have been suggested to be the largest source of genetic diversity on Earth. Genome sequencing and metagenomic surveys reveal that novel genes with unknown functions are abundant in viral genomes. Yet few observations exist for the processes and frequency by which these genes are gained and l...

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Autores principales: Puxty, Richard J., Perez-Sepulveda, Blanca, Rihtman, Branko, Evans, David J., Millard, Andrew D., Scanlan, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4503421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26177354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132642

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