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viral evolution, phaeovirus, phycodnavirus, Ectocarpus siliculosus virus (EsV)
Brown algal virus; ectocarpus-siliculosus phaeophyceae; replication factor-c; dna-replication; protelomerase; sequence; origin; host; bacteriophages; families
Abstract:
The evolution of viral genomes has recently attracted considerable attention. We compare the sequences of two large viral genomes, EsV-1 and FirrV-1, belonging to the family of phaeoviruses which infect different species of marine brown algae. Although