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SUBMITTER: Torres-Herrera SI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6669703 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Torres-Herrera Sandra Iliana SI Romero-Osorio Angélica A Moreno-Valenzuela Oscar O Pastor-Palacios Guillermo G Cardenas-Conejo Yair Y Ramírez-Prado Jorge H JH Riego-Ruiz Lina L Minero-García Yereni Y Ambriz-Granados Salvador S Argüello-Astorga Gerardo R GR
Viruses 20190713 7
The begomoviruses (BGVs) are plant pathogens that evolved in the Old World during the Cretaceous and arrived to the New World (NW) in the Cenozoic era. A subgroup of NW BGVs, the "<i>Squash leaf curl virus</i> (SLCV) lineage" (S-Lin), includes viruses with unique characteristics. To get clues on the evolutionary origin of this lineage, a search for divergent members was undertaken. Four novel BGVs were characterized, including one that is basal to the group. Comparative analyses led to discover ...[more]