Revisiting the origins of the Sobemovirus genus: A case for ancient origins of plant viruses.

The discrepancy between short- and long-term rate estimates, known as the time-dependent rate phenomenon (TDRP), poses a challenge to extrapolating evolutionary rates over time and reconstructing evolutionary history of viruses. The TDRP reveals a decline in evolutionary rate estimates with the meas...

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Main Authors: Mahan Ghafari, Merike Sõmera, Cecilia Sarmiento, Annette Niehl, Eugénie Hébrard, Theocharis Tsoleridis, Jonathan Ball, Benoît Moury, Philippe Lemey, Aris Katzourakis, Denis Fargette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011911&type=printable