Complex genomes of early nucleocytoviruses revealed by ancient origins of viral aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
S. Kijima, H. Hikida, T. O. Delmont, M. Gaia, H. Ogata
The paper analyzes viral aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) in nucleocytoviruses to determine their evolutionary origins and find that some predate the last common eukaryotic ancestor.
bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology