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Experimental evidence indicating that mastreviruses probably did not co-diverge with their hosts

Author: Harkins, Gordon ; Delport, Wayne ; Duffy, Siobain ; Wood, Natasha ; Monjane, Aderito ; Owor, Betty ; Donaldson, Lara ; Saumtally, Salem ; Triton, Guy ; Briddon, Rob ; Shepherd, Dionne ; Rybicki, Edward ; Martin, Darren ; Varsani, Arvind Date: 2009 BACKGROUND:Despite the demonstration that geminiviruses, like many other single stranded DNA viruses, are evolving at rates similar to those of RNA viruses, a recent study has suggested that grass-infecting species in the genus Mastrevirus ... Read more c b
Frequent toggling between alternative amino acids is driven by selection in HIV-1

Author: Delport, Wayne ; Scheffler, Konrad ; Seoighe, Cathal Date: 2008 Author Summary Viruses, such as HIV, are able to evade host immune responses through escape mutations, yet sometimes they do so at a cost. This cost is the reduction in the ability of the virus to replicate, and thus selective pressure exists ... Read more c b

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