Evolution of complexity in the viral world: the dawn of a new vision.
Recent sequencing of the genomes of numerous large viruses provide for unprecedented opportunities to study the emergence and evolution of complexity in the virus world. This special issue of Virus Research explores trends in the evolution of complex genomes in most major classes of viruses.
Koonin
Eugene V
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National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dolja
Valerian V
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D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016679:Genome, Viral; D023281:Genomics; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics*