Population genomics of louping ill virus provide new insights into the evolution of tick-borne flaviviruses
J. J. Clark, J. Gilray, R. J. Orton, M. Baird, G. S. Wilkie, A. da Silva Filipe, N. Johnson, C. J. McInnes, A. Kohl, R. Biek
This study sequences 22 louping ill virus isolates to analyze genomic diversity and evolutionary history, finding low diversity, limited positive selection, and challenges in estimating molecular clock rates for tick-borne flaviviruses.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2020Evolutionary Biology