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Adaptive evolution by recombination is not associated with increased mutation rates in Maize streak virus.
BMC evolutionary biology - 27 Dec 2012
Monjane Adérito L, Pande Daniel, Lakay Francisco, Shepherd Dionne N, van der Walt Eric, Lefeuvre Pierre, Lett Jean-Michel, Varsani Arvind, Rybicki Edward P, Martin Darren P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Single-stranded (ss) DNA viruses in the family Geminiviridae are proving to be very useful in real-time evolution studies. The high mutation rate of geminiviruses and other ssDNA viruses is somewhat mysterious in that their DNA genomes are replicated in host nuclei by high fidelity host polymerases. Although strand specific mutation biases observed in virus species from the geminivirus genus...
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