In adenoviral virions, the genome is organized into a chromatin-like structure by viral basic core proteins. Consequently viral DNAs must be replicated, chromatinized and packed into progeny virions in infected cells. Although viral DNA replication centers can be visualized by virtue of viral and cellular factors, the spatiotemporal regulation of viral genomes during subsequent steps remains to be elucidated. In this study, we used imaging analyses to examine the fate of adenoviral genomes and to track newly replicated viral DNA as well as replication-related factors. We show de novo formation of a subnuclear domain, which we termed Virus-induced Post-Replication (ViPR) body, that emerges concomitantly with or immediately after disintegration of initial replication centers. Using a nucleoside analogue, we show that viral genomes continue being synthesized in morphologically distinct replication compartments at the periphery of ViPR bodies and are then transported inward. In addition, we identified a nucleolar protein Mybbp1a as a molecular marker for ViPR bodies, which specifically associated with viral core protein VII. In conclusion, our work demonstrates the formation of previously uncharacterized viral DNA replication compartments specific for late phases of infection that produce progeny viral genomes accumulating in ViPR bodies. 1 Like cellular chromatin, the resulting chromatin structure plays a critical role in genome functions, eg, as template for transcription or replication. 1 Additionally, viral genome/chromatin has to be remodeled from an 'intracellular' to an 'intravirion' form to be packed into viral particles before or during virion assembly and maturation. Despite these essential steps, for many DNA viruses, the timing, the mechanistic details and the subcellular environment where these transitions take place remain largely unknown. During the first few hours of infection, the chromatin structure of the viral genome changes. We have shown that cellular histones are deposited onto incoming viral genomes. 5 We also reported that newly replicated viral DNAs associate with cellular histones. 6 Our analyses on histone deposition are consistent with other independent biochemical studies. 7-10 The deposition of cellular