Recombination is a pervasive process generating diversity in most viruses. It joins variants
that arise independently within the same molecule, creating new opportunities for viruses to …

While single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was once thought to be a relatively rare genomic
architecture for viruses, modern metagenomics sequencing has revealed circular ssDNA …

Anelloviruses are a ubiquitous component of healthy human viromes and remain highly
prevalent after being acquired early in life. The full extent of" anellome" diversity and its …

Despite their small size and limited protein-coding capacity, the rapid evolution rates of
single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses have led to their emergence as serious plant and …

Background The deep sea harbors many viruses, yet their diversity and interactions with
hosts in hydrothermal ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the viral …

Highlights•Recombination is inherent to the geminivirus replication process.•Recombination
is adaptive in the family, allowing for host shifts and increased host ranges.•Recombination …

Viruses have been infecting their host cells since the dawn of life, and this extremely long-
term coevolution gave rise to some surprising consequences for the entire tree of life. It is …

Researchers worldwide are repeatedly warning us against future zoonotic diseases
resulting from humankind's insurgence into natural ecosystems. The same zoonotic …

Short single-stranded nucleic acids are ubiquitous in biological processes; understanding
their physical properties provides insights to nucleic acid folding and dynamics. We used …

With the advent of metagenomics approaches, a large diversity of known and unknown
viruses has been identified in various types of environmental, plant, and animal samples …