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SUBMITTER: Jahnke M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2976393 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jahnke Marlene M Holmes Edward C EC Kerr Peter J PJ Wright John D JD Strive Tanja T
Journal of virology 20100922 23
Despite its potential importance for the biological control of European rabbits, relatively little is known about the evolution and molecular epidemiology of rabbit calicivirus Australia 1 (RCV-A1). To address this issue we undertook an extensive evolutionary analysis of 36 RCV-A1 samples collected from wild rabbit populations in southeast Australia between 2007 and 2009. Based on phylogenetic analysis of the entire capsid sequence, six clades of RCV-A1 were defined, each exhibiting strong popul ...[more]