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A tick-borne segmented RNA virus contains genome segments derived from unsegmented viral ancestors
21 Apr 2014
Abstract excerpt
Although segmented and unsegmented RNA viruses are commonplace, the evolutionary links between these two very different forms of genome organization are unclear. We report the discovery and characterization of a tick-borne virus--Jingmen tick virus (JMTV)--that reveals an unexpected connection between segmented and unsegmented RNA viruses. The JMTV genome comprises four segments, two of which are related to the...
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