Molecular genetic analysis of virus isolates from wild and cultivated plants demonstrates that East Africa is a hotspot for the evolution and diversification of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3139-3156

  Tugume, Arthur K ^a,b   CuÉllar, Wilmer J ^a,c   Mukasa, Settumba B ^b   Valkonen, Jari P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

East Africa; Ipomoea; Potyvirus; Recombination; Selection pressure; Wild plant species

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; POTYVIRUS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWEET POTATO; UGANDA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

CAPSID PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GEOGRAPHY; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POTYVIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; UGANDA;

CONVOLVULACEAE; HEWITTIA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LEPISTEMON; POTYVIRUS; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 77954853369     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04682.x     Document Type: Article

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