Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Did viruses evolve as a distinct supergroup from common ancestors of cells?
Ajith Harish, Aare Abroi, Julian Gough, Charles Kurland
The paper reanalyzes phylogenomic data to challenge the claim that viruses evolved as a distinct supergroup from the common ancestors of cells, finding that systematic errors and artifacts distort the original conclusions.
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evw175