INTER- AND INTRA-HOST SEQUENCE DIVERSITY REVEAL THE EMERGENCE OF VIRAL VARIANTS DURING AN OVERWINTERING EPIDEMIC CAUSED BY DENGUE VIRUS SEROTYPE 2 IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN.

Inter- and intra-host sequence diversity reveal the emergence of viral variants during an overwintering epidemic caused by dengue virus serotype 2 in southern Taiwan.

Purifying selection during dengue viral infection has been suggested as the driving force of viral evolution and the higher complexity of the intra-host quasi-species is thought to offer an adaptive advantage for arboviruses as they cycle between arthropod and vertebrate hosts.However, very few studies have been performed to investigate the viral g

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Parasitic success and venom composition evolve upon specialization of parasitoid wasps to different host species

Female endoparasitoid wasps usually inject venom into hosts to suppress their immune response and ensure offspring development.However, the parasitoids ability to evolve Food, South African towards increased success on a given host simultaneously with the evolution of the composition of its venom has never been demonstrated.Here, we designed an exp

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