Interspecies Recombination-Led Speciation of a Novel Geminivirus in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: Recombination between isolates of different virus species has been known to be one of the sources of speciation. Weeds serve as mixing vessels for begomoviruses, infecting a wide range of economically important plants, thereby facilitating recombination. Chenopodium album is an economically important weed spread worldwide. Here, we present the molecular characterization of a novel recombinant begomovirus identified from C. album in Lahore, Pakistan. The complete DNA- A genome of the virus associated with the leaf distortion occurred in the infected C. album plants was cloned and sequenced. DNA sequence analysis showed that the nucleotide sequence of the virus shared 93% identity with those of the rose leaf curl virus and the duranta leaf curl virus. Interestingly, this

SUBMITTER: Lal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9612148 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature