Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...
Study: Ancient evolutionary origins of hepatitis E virus in rodents. Image Credit: Shutterstock AI / Shutterstock.com A recent study published in PNAS describes the evolutionary origins of hepatitis E ...
Viruses acquire genes from eukaryotes — organisms whose cells store their DNA in a nucleus — and use them for their own function. Conversely, eukaryotes acquire genes from viruses to bring new ...