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High rates of molecular evolution in hantaviruses.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2008
Ramsden Cadhla, Melo Fernando L, Figueiredo Luiz M, Holmes Edward C, Zanotto Paolo M A
Abstract excerpt
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne Bunyaviruses that infect the Arvicolinae, Murinae, and Sigmodontinae subfamilies of Muridae. The rate of molecular evolution in the hantaviruses has been previously estimated at approximately 10(-7) nucleotide substitutions per site, per year (substitutions/site/year), based on the assumption of codivergence and hence shared divergence times with their rodent hosts. If substantiated,...
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