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Evolutionary time-scale of the begomoviruses: evidence from integrated sequences in the Nicotiana genome

Author: Lefeuvre, Pierre ; Harkins, Gordon W ; Lett, Jean-Michel ; Briddon, Rob W ; Chase, Mark W ; Moury, Benoit ; Martin, Darren P Date: 2011 Despite having single stranded DNA genomes that are replicated by host DNA polymerases, viruses in the family Geminiviridae are apparently evolving as rapidly as some RNA viruses. The observed substitution rates of geminiviruses in the genera ... Read more c b
A novel species of mastrevirus (family Geminiviridae) isolated from Digitaria didactyla grass from Australia

Author: Briddon, Rob W ; Martin, Darren P ; Owor, Betty E ; Donaldson, Lara ; Markham, Peter G ; Varsani, Arvind ; Greber, Ray S Date: 2010 Mastreviruses (family Geminiviridae) that infect monocotyledonous plants occur throughout the temperate and tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia. Despite the identification of a very diverse array of mastrevirus species whose ... Read more
Recombination, decreased host specificity and increased mobility may have driven the emergence of maize streak virus as an agricultural pathogen.

Author: Varsani, Arvind ; Shepherd, Dionne N ; Monjane, Ade´rito L ; Owor, Betty E ; Erdmann, Julia B ; Rybicki, Edward P ; Peterschmitt, Michel ; Briddon, Rob W ; Markham, Peter G ; Oluwafemi, Sunday ; Windram, Oliver P ; Lefeuvre, Pierre ; Lett, Jean-Michel ; Martin, Darren P Date: 2008 Maize streak virus (MSV; family Geminiviridae, genus Mastrevirus), the causal agent of maize streak disease, ranks amongst the most serious biological threats to food security in subSaharan Africa. Although five distinct MSV strains have been ... Read more
Turnip curly top virus, a highly divergent geminivirus infecting turnip in Iran

Author: Briddon, Rob W ; Heydarnejad, Jahangir ; Khosrowfar, Fakhrosadat ; Massumi, Hossain ; Martin, Darren P ; Varsani, Arvin Date: 2010 From 2006 onwards turnip crops in Fars province, Iran, have been noted with unusual leaf curling and vein swelling symptoms which are characteristic of the leafhopper-transmitted viruses of the genus Curtovirus (family Geminiviridae). Rolling ... Read more

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