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IN VOGUE. "Recently, the notion that viruses are living organisms that have had a role in the evolution of some essential features of cells has experienced a renaissance owing to the discovery of unusually large and complex viruses that possess typical cellular genes." https://lnkd.in/dt9i8je View in LinkedIn

VAGARIES OF OPINION. "When viruses were discovered, they were accepted as missing links between the inert world and living organisms. However, this idea was soon abandoned as information about their molecular parasitic nature accumulated." https://lnkd.in/dt9i8je View in LinkedIn

EXCLUSION. "If you look at a tree that shows all living organisms on it, you will not find viruses there. This is because viruses are completely dependent on another organism to live, and cannot survive without the other organism. Viruses cannot reproduce, or make more viruses, unless they are in, or on, another organism. But once they have access to the resources they need, viruses seem very much alive, as they reproduce and become part of the food chain." https://lnkd.in/e3zZDuE View in LinkedIn

TREE OF LIFE. "Darwin provided a great unifying theory for biology; its visual expression is the universal tree of life. The tree concept is challenged by the occurrence of horizontal gene transfer and...by the omission of viruses." https://lnkd.in/dB5sPBH View in LinkedIn

NON-AUTONOMOUS. "Dependence on another organism for survival is not unique to viruses, and even some bacteria and fungi can’t go it solo." Same can be said for computer viruses. https://lnkd.in/dBXpMbs View in LinkedIn

TRANSGENIC INSIGHTS. "The heterologous expression of some of these genes in transgenic plants has offered additional clues about their role in flowering and dormancy. Arabidopsis plants expressing DAM1 from leafy spurge and SVP1 and SVP3 from kiwifruit show a delay in flowering time; whereas the expression of PmDAM6 from Japanese apricot in poplar causes growth cessation and bud set under conditions favorable for growth." https://lnkd.in/duD22Cw View in LinkedIn

GIANT VIRUSES. "Within the last decade, developments in virology have started to reveal more and more that viruses might in fact be alive. One was the discovery of mimiviruses, giant viruses with large genomic libraries that are even bigger than some bacteria. To put this in perspective, some viruses, like the Ebola virus, have as few as seven genes." https://lnkd.in/eH7hpgG View in LinkedIn

NON-DORMANT MUTANTS. "The identification and characterization of non-dormant mutants, such as the evergrowing (evg) mutant of peach, in addition to several functional studies using transgenic poplar, have contributed to renew the dormancy field with increasing molecular works at the gene level." https://lnkd.in/duD22Cw View in LinkedIn

NUMEROUS DORMANCY GENES. "These studies highlight the existence of common and specific gene expression programs affecting cell cycle regulation, light perception, hormonal signaling and stress response, and novel putative regulators of the dormancy stage of buds." https://lnkd.in/duD22Cw View in LinkedIn

BUD DORMANCY GENES. "Numerous transcriptomic studies have arisen during the last few years, addressing the changes in gene expression triggered by bud dormancy events in...perennial species." https://lnkd.in/duD22Cw View in LinkedIn