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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Molecular characterisation of dicot-infecting mastreviruses from Australia
Virus Research, Volume 166, No. 1-2, Year 2012
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Monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant infecting mastreviruses threaten various agricultural systems throughout Africa, Eurasia and Australasia. In Australia three distinct mastrevirus species are known to infect dicotyledonous hosts such as chickpea, bean and tobacco. Amongst 34 new " dicot-infecting" mastrevirus full genome sequences obtained from these hosts we discovered one new species, four new strains, and various variants of previously described mastrevirus species. Besides providing additional support for the hypothesis that evolutionary processes operating during dicot-infecting mastrevirus evolution (such as patterns of pervasive homologous and non-homologous recombination, and strong purifying selection acting on all genes) have mostly mirrored those found in their monocot-infecting counterparts, we find that the Australian dicot-infecting viruses display patterns of phylogeographic clustering reminiscent of those displayed by monocot infecting mastrevirus species such as Panicum streak virus and Maize streak virus. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hadfield, James
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Thomas, John Edward
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Schwinghamer, Mark W.
Australia, Brisbane
Queensland Government
Kraberger, Simona J.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Stainton, Daisy
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Dayaram, Anisha
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Parry, Judith N.
Australia, Orange
Nsw Department of Primary Industries
Pande, Daniel
Kenya, Maseno
Maseno University
Martin, Darren Patrick
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Varsani, Arvind
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.virusres.2012.02.024
ISSN:
01681702
e-ISSN:
18727492
Research Areas
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