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Pangaea and the Out-of-Africa Model of Varicella-Zoster Virus Evolution and Phylogeography.
Journal of virology - 1 Sept 2012
Grose Charles
Abstract excerpt
The goal of this minireview is to provide an overview of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) phylogenetics and phylogeography when placed in the broad context of geologic time. Planet Earth was formed over 4 billion years ago, and the supercontinent Pangaea coalesced around 400 million years ago (mya). Based on detailed tree-building models, the base of the phylogenetic tree of the Herpesviridae family has been...
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