Kinship networks of seed exchange shape spatial patterns of plant virus diversity

This study combines ethnobotanical and epidemiological data to understand how social networks of seed exchange influence the genetic structure of the African cassava mosaic virus in Gabon. Results reveal contrasted patterns of viral diversity in patrilineal and matrilineal communities, consistent wi...

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Main Authors: Marc Delêtre, Jean-Michel Lett, Ronan Sulpice, Charles Spillane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24720-6