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Phylogeography of Rice yellow mottle virus in Africa.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Mar 2003
Abubakar Zakia, Ali Fadhila, Pinel Agnes, Traoré Oumar, N'Guessan Placide, Notteghem Jean-Loup, Kimmins Frances, Konaté Gnissa, Fargette Denis
Abstract excerpt
The sequences of the coat protein gene of a representative sample of 40 isolates of Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) from 11 African countries were analysed. The overall level of nucleotide diversity was high (approximately 14%). Great geographical distances between the sites where isolates were collected were consistently associated with high genetic distances. In contrast, a wide range of genetic distances...
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