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Long read sequencing reveals poxvirus evolution through rapid homogenization of gene arrays.
eLife - 29 Aug 2018
Sasani Thomas A, Cone Kelsey R, Quinlan Aaron R, Elde Nels C
Abstract excerpt
Poxvirus adaptation can involve combinations of recombination-driven gene copy number variation and beneficial single nucleotide variants (SNVs) at the same loci. How these distinct mechanisms of genetic diversification might simultaneously facilitate adaptation to host immune defenses is unknown. We performed experimental evolution with vaccinia virus populations harboring a SNV in a gene actively undergoing...
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