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Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for the study of plant-virus co-evolution.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 27 Jun 2010
Pagán Israel, Fraile Aurora, Fernandez-Fueyo Elena, Montes Nuria, Alonso-Blanco Carlos, García-Arenal Fernando
Abstract excerpt
Understanding plant-virus coevolution requires wild systems in which there is no human manipulation of either host or virus. To develop such a system, we analysed virus infection in six wild populations of Arabidopsis thaliana in Central Spain. The incidence of five virus species with different life-styles was monitored during four years, and this was analysed in relation to the demography of the host...
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