What viruses tell us about evolution and immunity: beyond Darwin?

被引:10
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作者
Broecker, Felix [1 ]
Moelling, Karin [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Dept Microbiol, One Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029 USA
[2] Univ Zurich, Inst Med Microbiol, Zurich, Switzerland
[3] Max Planck Inst Mol Genet, Berlin, Germany
关键词
Darwin; viruses; evolution; horizontal gene transfer; HORIZONTAL GENE-TRANSFER; NON-MENDELIAN INHERITANCE; BORNA-DISEASE VIRUS; RNASE-H; TRANSGENERATIONAL INHERITANCE; ELEMENTS; DNA; ORIGIN; REPLICATION; EXPRESSION;
D O I
10.1111/nyas.14097
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We describe mechanisms of genetic innovation mediated by viruses and related elements that, during evolution, caused major genetic changes beyond what was anticipated by Charles Darwin. Viruses and related elements introduced genetic information and have shaped the genomes and immune systems of all cellular life forms. None of these mechanisms contradict Darwin's theory of evolution but extend it by means of sequence information that has recently become available. Not only do small increments of genetic information contribute to evolution, but also do major events such as infection by viruses or bacteria, which can supply new genetic information to a host by horizontal gene transfer. Thereby, viruses and virus-like elements act as major drivers of evolution.
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页码:53 / 68
页数:16
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