Dynamic evolution in the key honey bee pathogen Deformed wing virus
E. V. Ryabov, A. K. Childers, D. Lopez, K. Grubbs, F. Posada-Florez, D. Weaver, W. Girten, D. vanEngelsdorp, Y. Chen, J. D. Evans
This study investigates the population dynamics of Deformed wing virus (DWV) in honey bees, finding high genetic diversity in US colonies and proposing a model of diversification driven by negative frequency-dependent selection.
PLOS Biology · Oct 10, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology