Viral Genome Segmentation Can Result from a Trade-Off between Genetic Content and Particle Stability

• Samuel Ojosnegros,

  Current address: California Institute of Technology, Division of Biology, Pasadena, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

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• Juan García-Arriaza,

  Affiliations Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

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• Cristina Escarmís,

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

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• Susanna C. Manrubia,

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Evolución Molecular, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC/INTA), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Madrid, Spain

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• Celia Perales,

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

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• Armando Arias,

  Current address: Department of Virology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

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• Mauricio García Mateu,

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

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• Esteban Domingo

  * E-mail: edomingo@cbm.uam.es

  Affiliations Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Barcelona, Spain

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