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Population Dynamics Of Triticum Mosaic Virus In Various Host Species, Melissa S. Bartels
Population Dynamics Of Triticum Mosaic Virus In Various Host Species, Melissa S. Bartels
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
It has been established that RNA viruses should be genetically diverse, due to the high error rate of their RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and the lack of proof-reading capabilities. Plant RNA viruses are not as genetically diverse as expected. Evolutionary factors, such as purifying selection and bottlenecks that favor genetic stability, might be affecting plant viral populations. Otherwise RNA virus populations, with their potential for extreme diversity, might acquire a lethal number of mutations leading to the collapse of the population.
Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV) populations maintained in a controlled greenhouse environment displayed genetic stability. The mutation frequency per nucleotide of …