Evolutionary time-scale of the begomoviruses: evidence from integrated sequences in the Nicotiana genome.

Despite having single stranded DNA genomes that are replicated by host DNA polymerases, viruses in the family Geminiviridae are apparently evolving as rapidly as some RNA viruses. The observed substitution rates of geminiviruses in the genera Begomovirus and Mastrevirus are so high that the entire f...

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Main Authors: Pierre Lefeuvre, Gordon W Harkins, Jean-Michel Lett, Rob W Briddon, Mark W Chase, Benoit Moury, Darren P Martin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bb16116cc1274a33bc3e8f66c1527181
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