Viruses, definitions and reality
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Viruses, definitions and reality.
Viruses are known to be abundant, ubiquitous, and to play a very important role in the health and evolution of life organisms. However, most biologists have considered them as entities separate from the realm of life and acting merely as mechanical artifacts that can exchange genes between different organisms. This article reviews some definitions of life organisms to determine if viruses adjus...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Biología Tropical
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2215-2075,0034-7744
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v0i0.3372