Digest: Specialization of an insect virus to its host is contingent upon polygenic traits

Taylor Hori; Zinan Wang

doi:10.1093/evolut/qpac024

Digest: Specialization of an insect virus to its host is contingent upon polygenic traits

Taylor Hori, Zinan Wang

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Abstract

What affects the ability of a virus to adapt and specialize to its hosts? To answer this question, Visher et al. (2022) performed experimental evolution on a virus-insect system and showed that the virus specializes in its hosts through the evolution of its ability to infect or replicate. Genomic analysis of adapted lines of viruses in different host genotypes suggests that viral specialization is influenced by a complicated and polygenic mechanism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	620-621
Number of pages	2
Journal	Evolution
Volume	77
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpac024
State	Published - Feb 2023

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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