Microevolution of Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus) at Neutral and Immune Related Genes During Multiannual Dynamic Cycles: Consequences for Puumala hantavirus Epidemiology
Adelaide Dubois, Maxime Galan, Jean-Francois Cosson, Bertrand Gauffre, Heikki Henttonen, Jukka Niemimaa, Maria Razzauti, Liina Voutilainen, Renaud Vitalis, Emmanuel Guivier, Nathalie Charbonnel
The paper examines microevolutionary changes in bank voles during population cycles and their impact on Puumala hantavirus epidemiology, finding that neutral processes dominate over selection.
bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2016Evolutionary Biology