Examining the molecular clock hypothesis for the contemporary evolution of the rabies virus
R. Durrant, C. Cobbold, K. Brunker, K. Campbell, J. Dushoff, E. Ferguson, G. Jaswant, A. Lugelo, K. Lushasi, L. Sikana, K. Hampson
This paper investigates how variable incubation periods affect molecular clock models in rabies virus evolution and finds that per-generation models are equivalent to molecular clocks at realistic substitution rates.
bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2023Microbiology