When domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) population structures interact with their viruses.
Many theoretical studies have proposed different causal mechanisms by which the structure of a host population could have important implications for life history traits of pathogens. However, little information is available from real systems to test these hypotheses. The domestic cat, Felis silvestris catus, whose populations exhibit a great variability in social and spatial structure, represent an ideal case study to assess this question. In the present article, we show how cat population structure may have influenced the evolution of feline viruses and, in return, how these viruses may have modified the genetic structure of cat populations.
Pontier
Dominique
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Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, 69622 Villeurbanne, France. dpontier@biomserv.univ-lyon1.fr
Fouchet
David
D
Bahi-Jaber
Narges
N
Poulet
Hervé
H
Guiserix
Micheline
M
Natoli
Eugenia
E
Sauvage
Frank
F
D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002415:Cats / Q000821:virology*; D016181:Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006200:Hair Color; D016089:Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011153:Population