ReviewArchives of virology2013
What contemporary viruses tell us about evolution: a personal view.
Review in Archives of virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Leftovers of viruses in human physiology.Brain structure & function · 2021Review
- Viroids and the Origin of Life.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Viruses, cancer and non-self recognition.Open biology · 2021Review
- Social Networking of Quasi-Species Consortia drive Virolution via Persistence.AIMS microbiology · 2021Review
- Editorial: 2020 - The year of viruses.Progress in biophysics and molecular biology · 2020Article
- Editorial: Porcine Anti-Viral Immunity.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Article
- What viruses tell us about evolution and immunity: beyond Darwin?Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2019Review
- Viruses and Evolution - Viruses First? A Personal Perspective.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Immunobiology of Newcastle Disease Virus and Its Use for Prophylactic Vaccination in Poultry and as Adjuvant for Therapeutic Vaccination in Cancer Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Review
- RNase H As Gene Modifier, Driver of Evolution and Antiviral Defense.Frontiers in microbiology · 2017Review
- When Competing Viruses Unify: Evolution, Conservation, and Plasticity of Genetic Identities.Journal of molecular evolution · 2015Article
- Pragmatic turn in biology: From biological molecules to genetic content operators.World journal of biological chemistry · 2014Review
- Host RNA circles and the origin of hepatitis delta virus.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
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Abstract
Recent advances in information about viruses have revealed novel and surprising properties such as viral sequences in the genomes of various organisms, unexpected amounts of viruses and phages in the biosphere, and the existence of giant viruses mimicking bacteria. Viruses helped in building genomes and are driving evolution. Viruses and bacteria belong to the human body and our environment as a well-balanced ecosystem. Only in unbalanced situations do viruses cause infectious diseases or cancer. In this article, I speculate about the role of viruses during evolution based on knowledge of contemporary viruses. Are viruses our oldest ancestors?
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