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SUBMITTER: Bahl J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2753668 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bahl Justin J Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran D Holmes Edward C EC Smith Gavin J D GJ Guan Yi Y
Virology 20090605 2
Geographical separation of host species has shaped the avian influenza A virus gene pool into independently evolving Eurasian and American lineages, although phylogenetic evidence for gene flow and reassortment indicates that these lineages also mix on occasion. While the evolutionary dynamics of the avian influenza gene pool have been described, the consequences of gene flow on virus evolution and population structure in this system have not been investigated. Here we show that viral gene flow ...[more]