Extant hybrids of RNA viruses and viroid-like elements
M. Forgia, B. Navarro, S. Daghino, A. Cervera, A. Gisel, S. Perotto, D. N. Aghayeva, M. F. Akinyuwa, E. Gobbi, I. N. Zheludev, R. C. Edgar, R. C. Chikhi, M. Turina, A. Babaian, F. Di Serio, M. de la Pena
The paper identifies ambiviruses as viroid-like elements with rolling circle replication and their own viral RdRP, suggesting a hybrid evolutionary origin between RNA viruses and sub-viral elements.
bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2022Microbiology