African swine fever virus (ASFV) predominantly infects Argasidae and suids, resulting in high morbidity and mortality in pigs. Despite the crucial role that viral sequences resembling those of the host play in the virus's survival, there are limited comprehensive studies on the genomic similarities between ASFV and its hosts. Consequently, this study employs homology analysis to construct a similarity network between ASFV and its hosts (Argasidae and suids), investigating the distribution, function, evolution, and origins of these similar sequences in ASFV. Our findings indicate that the host-...