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ANDERSON'S theory1 that “evolution depends largely” on the transfer of genetic material by viral transduction may be plausible for microbes, but in cellular organisms there are some serious objections.
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WEST, D. Does Virus Infection have Evolutionary Significance ?. Nature 229, 637 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229637a0
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