Modified CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system used to learn more about the evolution of giant viruses

A team of virologists at Aix–Marseille University, has found evidence that suggests the giant virus Pandoravirus neocaledonia evolved from smaller and simpler viruses. In their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, the group used a modified version of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system to learn more about the evolutionary history of the giant virus, and perhaps others like it.

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