The analysis of genome composition and codon bias reveals distinctive patterns between avian and mammalian circoviruses which suggest a potential recombinant origin for Porcine circovirus 3

• Giovanni Franzo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: giovanni.franzo@unipd.it

  Affiliation Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2991-217X

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• Joaquim Segales,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, UAB, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA, IRTA- UAB), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1539-7261

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• Claudia Maria Tucciarone,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy

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• Mattia Cecchinato,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy

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• Michele Drigo

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health (MAPS), University of Padua, Legnaro, Padua, Italy

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