>Obelisks form their own phylogenetic group without detectable similarity to known biological agents.
ababaian, does this truly mean no similarity to any other sequences, even virus/viroid?
That seems very exciting, since my understanding is that we see a lot of conservation within the known branches of life, and don't discover new ones often!
Though perhaps it's more common to find totally novel virus/viroids? How often do we find truly novel biological agents at the sequence level?
ababaian, does this truly mean no similarity to any other sequences, even virus/viroid?
That seems very exciting, since my understanding is that we see a lot of conservation within the known branches of life, and don't discover new ones often!
Though perhaps it's more common to find totally novel virus/viroids? How often do we find truly novel biological agents at the sequence level?