SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)Aug 22 2024 Surprisingly, a large number of mutations occurred at the same site or in the same gene across multiple ...
Beyond the morbidity and mortality associated with the pandemic, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has paralyzed the global economy, causing suffering to education and psychological health. At ...
Throughout evolution, pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi, have developed sophisticated defense ...
(Nanowerk News) Richard Feynman famously stated, “Everything that living things do can be understood in terms of the jigglings and wigglings of atoms.” This week, Nature Nanotechnology ...
1. Parasite virulence varies greatly. Theory predicts that this arises from parasites op-Correspondence timising a trade-off between the mortality they inflict on current hosts, and their transmission ...
Marek's disease virus (MDV), a commercially important disease of poultry, has become substantially more virulent over the last 60 years. This evolution was presumably a consequence of changes in virus ...
Marek’s disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop tumors, become paralyzed and die. They can shed the virus through their skin ...