title: Recombination patterns in dicot-infecting mastreviruses mirror those found in monocot-infecting mastreviruses.
abstract: Recombination has profoundly shaped the evolution of viruses in the family Geminiviridae and has been studied extensively in the two best characterised geminivirus lineages: the dicotyledonous plant infecting begomoviruses and the monocotyledonous plant infecting mastreviruses. Here, we demonstrate that the sizes and distributions of recombination events detectable within the members of a third major geminivirus lineage--the dicotyledonous plant infecting mastreviruses--are very similar to those of the monocot-infecting mastreviruses. This suggests that, despite host range differences, very similar biochemical, ecological and evolutionary factors must underlie recombination patterns in the dicot- and monocot-infecting mastreviruses.
authors.affiliation: Computational Biology Group, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa.
authors.forename: Darren P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Rob W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Briddon
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varsani
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol; D017791:Geminiviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D058974:Phylogeography; D010944:Plants / Q000145:classification* / Q000821:virology*; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000070:Acebutolol