Giant viruses integrate into the genomes of money protists. Our latest study adds the model protist Euglena to the list

"Giant endogenous viral elements in the genome of the model protist Euglena gracilis reveal past interactions with giant viruses"

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Giant endogenous viral elements in the genome of the model protist Euglena gracilis reveal past interactions with giant viruses

Giant viruses in the phylum Nucleocytoviricota have increasingly been found integrated into the genomes of diverse eukaryotes. Here we report 8 Giant Endogenous Viral Elements (GEVEs) in the genome of the microalgae Euglena gracilis.

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