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Comparison of a Modern and Fossil Pithovirus Reveals Its Genetic Conservation and Evolution
Most theories on viral evolution are speculative and lack fossil comparison. Here, we isolated a modern Pithovirus-like virus from sewage samples. This giant virus, named Pithovirus massiliensis, was compared with its prehistoric counterpart, Pithovirus sibericum, found in Siberian permafrost. Our a...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5010891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27389688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw153 |