Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Viral speciation through subcellular genetic isolation and virogenesis incompatibility

  • Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak,
  • Erica A. Birkholz,
  • Amy M. Prichard,
  • MacKennon E. Egan,
  • Avani Mylvara,
  • Poochit Nonejuie,
  • Katrina T. Nguyen,
  • Joseph Sugie,
  • Justin R. Meyer,
  • Joe Pogliano

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20575-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Virus speciation cannot be fully explained by the evolution of different host specificities. Here, Chaikeeratisak et al. identify ways viruses can remain genetically isolated despite co-infecting the same cell, providing insight into how new virus species evolve.