Evidence for an ancient aquatic origin of the RNA viral order Articulavirales

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The emergence of previously unknown disease-causing viruses in mammals is in part the result of a long-term evolutionary process. Reconstructing the deep phylogenetic histories of viruses helps identify major evolutionary transitions and contextualizes the emergence of viruses in new hosts. We used a combination of total RNA sequencing and transcriptome data mining to extend the diversity and evolutionary history...

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