Günther Witzany is the author of Natural Genetic Engineering and Natural Genome Editing, Volume 1178, published by Wiley.

• A perspective on natural genetic engineering and natural genome editing. Introduction Revisiting the central dogma in the 21st centuryDeconstructing the dogma: a new view of the evolution and genetic programming of complex organismsOn the origin of cells and viruses: primordial virus world scenarioThe great billion-year war between ribosome- and capsid-encoding organisms (cells and viruses) as the major source of evolutionary noveltiesLearning from bacteria about natural information processingThe viral eukaryogenesis hypothesis: a key role for viruses in the emergence of eukaryotes from a prokaryotic world environmentCell-cell channels, viruses, and evolution: via infection, parasitism, and symbiosis toward higher levels of biological complexityImpact of RNA virus infection on plant cell function and evolutionHen or egg?: some thoughts on tunneling nanotubesEvolution of genes and organisms: the tree/web of life in light of horizontal gene transferThe natural genetic engineering of polydnavirusesFriendly viruses: the special relationship between endogenous retroviruses and their hostNatural genetic engineering of hepatitis C virus NS5A for immune system counterattackThe fragmented geneThe source of self: genetic parasites and the origin of adaptive immunityCellular genes derived from Gypsy/Ty3 retrotransposons in mammalian genomesNoncoding RNAs: persistent viral agents as modular tools for cellular needsAPOBEC3 proteins inhibit LINE-1 retrotransposition in the absence of ORF1p bindingEpigenetic regulation of Mammalian genomes by transposable elementsAre there epigenetic controls in Trypanosoma cruzi?Conceptual and methodological biases in network modelsNo genetics without epigenetics? No biology without systems biology?