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THIRD CONSENSUS. "A significant fraction of the eukaryotic genes encode proteins that are restricted to eukaryotes, the so-called ESPs (eukaryotic signature proteins)." http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/content/41/1/451.full View in LinkedIn

SECOND CONSENSUS: "eukaryotic genomes have a chimaeric nature: genes for information storage and processing are archaea-related, and genes for metabolic or ‘operational’ processes are mostly bacterial in nature (but not necessarily derived from the mitochondrial progenitor)." http://www.biochemsoctrans.org/content/41/1/451.full View in LinkedIn

FIRST CONSENSUS. "The evolutionary origin of the eukaryotic cell represents an enigmatic, yet largely incomplete, puzzle...some consensus has been reached about the following points: first, the LECA (last eukaryotic common ancestor) most probably contained the mitochondrial progenitor derived from endosymbiosis with an alphaproteobacterium." https://lnkd.in/ewbMda5 View in LinkedIn

SYMBIOTIC VIRUSES. "Viral persistence in host organisms is crucial because they reliably protect the host against similar parasites. Interestingly, competing viruses are in most cases of the same or related species, whereas unrelated viruses do not compete but interact symbiotically." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

SESSILE LIFESTYLE. "Persistent viruses are capable of continuous or episodic reproduction in the hosts. The main direction is not to infect cells for reproduction with lytic consequences and often epidemic viral diseases, but a sessile life-style without harming the host." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

PERSISTENT VIRUSES "are either integrated into the hosting genome or the cell plasma, and act non-destructively during most life stages of the host. The persistent life-style allows the virus to transmit complex viral phenotypes to the hosting organism. Doing so enables the host to broaden evolutive potentials that can lead to the formation of new species." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

TWO VIRAL LIFESTYLES. "Viruses have two completely different life strategies, which are clearly reflected in their genomes. Accordingly, acute lyric viruses exhibit lytic action and can induce disease and even death, whereas the life strategy of persistent viruses implies compatible interactions with the host." A fabulous review. https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

LONG DORMANCY. "Some viruses may remain dormant inside host cells for long periods, causing no obvious change in their host cells (a stage known as the lysogenic phase). But when a dormant virus is stimulated, it enters the lytic phase: new viruses are formed, self-assemble, and burst out of the host cell, killing the cell and going on to infect other cells." http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.html View in LinkedIn

HIJACKING CELLULAR MACHINERY. "When it comes into contact with a host cell, a virus can insert its genetic material into its host, literally taking over the host's functions. An infected cell produces more viral protein and genetic material instead of its usual products." http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/virus.html View in LinkedIn

"MASSIVE GENE FLOW across the world's most potent marine biogeographic barrier." https://lnkd.in/eeMRa2M View in LinkedIn