Evolution of RNA viruses occurs through disequilibria of collections of closely related mutant
spectra or mutant clouds termed viral quasispecies. Here we review the origin of the …

Management of geminiviruses is a worldwide challenge because of the widespread
distribution of economically important diseases caused by these viruses. Regardless of the …

RDP4 is the latest version of recombination detection program (RDP), a Windows computer
program that implements an extensive array of methods for detecting and visualising …

Recent advances in the ease with which the genomes of small circular single-stranded DNA
viruses can be amplified, cloned, and sequenced have greatly accelerated the rate at which …

Highlights•Recombination is inherent to the geminivirus replication process.•Recombination
is adaptive in the family, allowing for host shifts and increased host ranges.•Recombination …

Viruses constitute the largest group of emerging pathogens, and geminiviruses (plant
viruses with circular, single-stranded DNA genomes) are the major group of emerging plant …

Background Phylogenetic analysis is now an important tool in the study of viral outbreaks. It
can reconstruct epidemic history when surveillance epidemiology data are sparse, and can …

Phylogeographic approaches help uncover the imprint that spatial epidemiological
processes leave in the genomes of fast evolving viruses. Recent Bayesian inference …

Plant viruses have important global impacts on crops, and identifying their centre and date of
emergence is important for planning control measures. Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is a …

The number of plant viruses that are known likely remains only a vanishingly small fraction
of all extant plant virus species. Consequently, the distribution and population dynamics of …