Viruses take center stage in cellular evolution.

The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus

Didier Raoult, Stéphane Audic, Catherine Robert et al. · Science · 2004 · 1K citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

On the evolution of cells

Carl R. Woese · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 768 citations

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +14

Response to comment on: “A cascade analysis of the interaction of mercury and coproporphyrinogen oxidase (CPOX) polymorphism on the heme biosynthetic pathway and porphyrin production” by Heyer et al. [Toxicol. Lett. 161 (2006) 159–166]

Nicholas Heyer, A BITTNERJR, Diana Echeverria et al. · Toxicology Letters · 2006 · 594 citations

Life Sciences, Chemistry, Toxicology +16

Large-scale sequencing of human influenza reveals the dynamic nature of viral genome evolution

Elodie Ghedin, Naomi Sengamalay, Martin Shumway et al. · Nature · 2005 · 474 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Genetics +11

On the origin of genomes and cells within inorganic compartments

Eugene V. Koonin, William Martin · Trends in Genetics · 2005 · 410 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology +17