Evidence for an ancient aquatic origin of the RNA viral order Articulavirales
Petrone M, Parry R, Mifsud J, Van Brussel K, Voorhees I, Richards Z, Holmes E. Evidence for an ancient aquatic origin of the RNA viral order Articulavirales. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2023, 120: e2310529120. PMID: 37906647, PMCID: PMC10636315, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310529120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvolutionary historyAquatic-terrestrial transitionsDeep phylogenetic historiesVirus-host codivergenceMajor evolutionary transitionsLong-term evolutionary processesTotal RNA sequencingClose phylogenetic relationshipTranscriptome data miningPhylogenetic diversityEvolutionary transitionsPhylogenetic historyPhylogenetic relationshipsInfluenza virus lineagesPhylum CnidariaDivergent familiesPutative familiesRNA sequencingAquatic animalsEvolutionary processesNew hostAquatic originDisease-causing virusesEmergence of virusesVirus lineages