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The Prehistory of Potyviruses: Their Initial Radiation Was during the Dawn of Agriculture

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Title
The Prehistory of Potyviruses: Their Initial Radiation Was during the Dawn of Agriculture
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PLOS ONE, June 2008
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0002523
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Adrian J. Gibbs, Kazusato Ohshima, Matthew J. Phillips, Mark J. Gibbs

Abstract

Potyviruses are found world wide, are spread by probing aphids and cause considerable crop damage. Potyvirus is one of the two largest plant virus genera and contains about 15% of all named plant virus species. When and why did the potyviruses become so numerous? Here we answer the first question and discuss the other.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 3 2%
Uganda 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 <1%
Croatia 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 155 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 40 24%
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 21%
Student > Master 20 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 13 8%
Professor 10 6%
Other 35 21%
Unknown 14 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 110 66%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 14%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 2%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 2%
Mathematics 2 1%
Other 9 5%
Unknown 17 10%