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A phylogeographical study of the Turnip mosaic virus population in East Asia reveals an 'emergent' lineage in Japan.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2006
Tomitaka Yasuhiro, Ohshima Kazusato
Abstract excerpt
The genetic structure of populations of Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) in East Asia was assessed by making host range and gene sequence comparisons of 118 isolates utilizing a population genetic approach. Most, but not all, isolates collected from Brassica plants in China infected only Brassica plants, whereas those from Japan infected both Brassica and Raphanus (BR) plants. Analyses of the positions of recombination...
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