Abstract
Recombination has profoundly shaped the evolution of viruses in the family Geminiviridae and has been studied extensively in the two best characterised geminivirus lineages: the dicotyledonous plant infecting begomoviruses and the monocotyledonous plant infecting mastreviruses. Here, we demonstrate that the sizes and distributions of recombination events detectable within the members of a third major geminivirus lineage-the dicotyledonous plant infecting mastreviruses-are very similar to those of the monocot-infecting mastreviruses. This suggests that, despite host range differences, very similar biochemical, ecological and evolutionary factors must underlie recombination patterns in the dicot- and monocot-infecting mastreviruses.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1463-1469 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Archives of virology |
Volume | 156 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Virology