No ′small genome attraction′ artifact: A response to Harish et al. ′Did viruses evolve as a distinct supergroup from common ancestors of cells?′
Arshan Nasir, Kyung Mo Kim, Gustavo Caetano-Anollés
The paper refutes claims that small genome size artifacts distorted phylogenetic trees supporting the early cellular origin of viruses, showing no such distortion exists.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology