Astrovirology and terrestrial life survival.

Paul Shapshak, Milad Zandi, Charurut Somboonwit, John T Sinnott

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Article in Bioinformation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Paul ShapshakDepartment of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA.

Milad ZandiHepatitis Research Center, Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, IRAN.

Charurut SomboonwitDepartment of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA.

John T SinnottDepartment of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial organisms have been implicated in several mass extinction events throughout Earth's planetary history. Concurrently, it can be reasoned from recent viral pandemics that viruses likely exacerbated the decline of life during these periods of mass extinction. The fields of exovirology and exobiology have evolved significantly since the 20th century, with early investigations into the varied atmospheric compositions of exoplanets revealing complex interactions between metallic and non-metallic elements. This diversity in exoplanetary and stellar environments suggests that life could manifest in forms previously unanticipated by earlier, more simplistic models of the 20th century. Non-linear theories of complexity, catastrophe, and chaos (CCC) will be important in understanding the dynamics and evolution of viruses.

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PMID38497066

DOI10.6026/973206300200146

PMCPMC10941782

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