VIRUSES: ORGANISMS AT THE EDGE OF LIFE. “It could be postulated that the replicate function of all RNA viruses is an ancient common evolutionary feature or dating ‘ cassette’ assembly, as it is the basis for the existence of these viruses, and probably evolved only once. One may draw a neat phylogenetic tree on the basis of…polymerase/ replicase genes only.”
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