Article
Genetic variation and evolutionary relationships amongst bluetongue viruses endemic in the United States.
Virus research - 1 Oct 1991
Heidner H W, Iezzi L G, Osburn B I, MacLachlan N J
Abstract excerpt
The genetic variation and evolutionary relationships amongst the five serotypes of bluetongue virus (BTV) endemic to the United States were investigated by oligonucleotide fingerprint analysis. The viruses analyzed include prototype viruses of the five U.S. serotypes, and 32 viruses isolated from domestic and wild ruminants from the U.S. in the years 1979-1981. With the exception of serotype 2, most genes...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Bluetongue
- Bluetongue virus
- Capsid
- Cattle
- Deer
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Goats
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Nucleotide Mapping
