Are arthropods at the heart of virus evolution?
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25751043.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.06837 and PMC identifier 4352705.
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Abstract
The huge diversity of negative-sense RNA viruses in insects, spiders and other arthropods suggests that these animals could be central to virus origin and evolution.
Medical subject headings
- Arthropods
- Biological Evolution