Sequence diversity and evolution of an iflavirus family associated with ticks
R. Daveu, C. Hervet, L. Sigrist, D. Sassera, A. Jex, K. Labadie, J.-M. Aury, O. Plantard, C. Rispe
The paper identifies nine new iflavivirus genomes from ticks, finds incongruent viral and tick phylogenies, and detects strong positive selection in viral evolution.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2020Evolutionary Biology