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Genetic Diversity, Evolutionary Dynamics, and Ongoing Spread of Pedilanthus Leaf Curl Virus.
Viruses - 30 Nov 2023
Iqbal Zafar, Shafiq Muhammad, Sattar Muhammad Naeem, Ali Irfan, Khurshid Muhammad, Farooq Umer, Munir Muhammad
Abstract excerpt
Pedilanthus leaf curl virus (PeLCV) is a monopartite begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) discovered just a few decades ago. Since then, it has become a widely encountered virus, with reports from ca. 25 plant species across Pakistan and India, indicative of its notable evolutionary success. Viruses mutate at such a swift rate that their ecological and evolutionary behaviors are inextricably linked, and all of...
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