Talk:Megavirales Genetics from Mimivirus to Chilensis

The Evolution of Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses I am a little confused about the way you are phrasing this statement " how can these viruses contain so many genes required for life, and still not be considered life" - isn't that the current debate about viruses in general, not just specifically these viruses? it seems that you are suggesting that this is an exclusive argument to just mega viruses?

Support For Megavirales as a Fourth Domain spelling error here? When using DNA ligase Yutin and Koonin found that a presence-absence analysis of a particular kind of DNA ligase showed clear progression and [separtion] of an ancestral and current form.

You mention a good point here about differentiation of phylogeny by choice of genes. I think that it would be interesting if you could mention why the current form of gene classification is chosen? what standard class of genes are generally looked at to build a phylogeny.

Interesting research, is small pox the only megavirus like human virus that has been investigated?

Hey Adam! Definitely a fan of all the figures. All in all, it seems well written and informative to me, so kudos. I guess the only things I'd really nitpick about are formatting, so that the article looks more aesthetically pleasing? e.g., find a way to bring paragraphs closer to the subheaders so there's no awkward gap there, and also consider condensing your shorter subheaders into one or two supheaders toward the end; that way you don't have random short blocky text... and if that makes it so that your information on virophage replication is incorporated into something longer, then that might help resolve the fact that Figure 8 currently has a weird sizing issue which pushes the conclusion down. For instance, you might be able to condense info on the specific megavirales Mimivirus and Megavirus chilensis. Otherwise consider making figure 8's thumbnail smaller. If they click on it it should still be the same size as the image you uploaded...I hope this helps! --Richard