This month's Genome Watch highlights how high-throughput sequencing has provided new insights into the diversity, evolution and genome organization of arthropod viruses.
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Gall, A. Bugs full of viruses. Nat Rev Microbiol 13, 253 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3479
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