DNA from dust: comparative genomics of large DNA viruses in field surveillance samples
Utsav Pandey, Andrew S Bell, Daniel W Renner, David Kennedy, Jacob T Shreve, Chris Cairns, Matthew Jones, Patricia Dunn, Andrew F Read, Moriah L Szpara
This study sequences five complete genomes of field-isolated Mareks disease virus from poultry dust and feathers, revealing high genetic identity among them and rapid evolution in a polymorphic population.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2016Microbiology