Evolutionary BiologyICR SuperComputer System Annual Research ReportPeer-reviewed
Gene transfer among viruses substantially contributes to gene gain of giant viruses
Junyi Wu, Lingjie Meng, Morgan Gaïa…·Hiroyuki Ogata
The paper investigates viral horizontal gene transfer (vHGT) among nucleocytoviruses and finds it accounts for 28% to 42% of gene gain events in each viral order.