title: The common evolutionary history of badnaviruses and banana.
abstract: Recent plant genome sequencing efforts have revealed myriad viral sequences suggesting a cryptic interaction between both partners. Interestingly, no integration step has ever been reported as an obligatory step in the life cycle of plant viruses. Circular dsDNA viruses belonging to the family Caulimoviridae are the most abundant among integrated plant viral sequences. In this review, we describe how this hitherto hidden interaction could inform the evolutionary history of both partners badnaviruses and banana plants.
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR BGPI, F-34098 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: marie-line.caruana@cirad.fr.
authors.forename: Marie-Line
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Iskra-Caruana
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR BGPI, F-34098 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: pierre-olivier.duroy@bayer.com.
authors.forename: Pierre-Olivier
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Duroy
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR BGPI, F-34098 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: matthieu.chabannes@cirad.fr.
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabannes
authors.affiliation: CIRAD, UMR BGPI, F-34098 Montpellier, France. Electronic address: emmanuelle.muller@cirad.fr.
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D019195:Badnavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D028521:Musa / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016662:Virus Integration
keywords: Badnavirus; Banana streak virus; Co-evolution; Endogenous viral sequences; Epidemics; Phylogeny