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Next step in the ongoing arms race between myxoma virus and wild rabbits in Australia is a novel disease phenotype
14 Aug 2017
Abstract excerpt
In host-pathogen arms races, increases in host resistance prompt counteradaptation by pathogens, but the nature of that counteradaptation is seldom directly observed outside of laboratory models. The best-documented field example is the coevolution of myxoma virus (MYXV) in European rabbits. To understand how MYXV in Australia has continued to evolve in wild rabbits under intense selection for genetic resistance...
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