Independent repeated mutations within the alphaviruses Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus indicates convergent evolution and past positive selection in ancestral populations despite ongoing purifying selection

Independent repeated mutations within the alphaviruses Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus indicates convergent evolution and past positive selection in ancestral populations despite ongoing purifying selection

Ross River virus (RRV) and Barmah Forest virus (BFV) are arthritogenic arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) that exhibit generalist host associations and share distributions in Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Using stochastic mapping and discrete-trait phylogenetic analyses, we profiled the i...

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Main Authors: Pyke, AT, Wilson, DJ, Michie, A, Mackenzie, JS, Imrie, A, Cameron, J, Doggett, SL, Haniotis, J, Herrero, LJ, Caly, L, Lynch, SE, Mee, PT, Madzokere, ET, Ramirez, AL, Paramitha, D, Hobson-Peters, J, Smith, DW, Weir, R, Sullivan, M, Druce, J, Melville, L, Robson, J, Gibb, R, van den Hurk, AF
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2024

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