@article{fdi:010043238,
  title = {{R}ice {Y}ellow {M}ottle {V}irus, an {RNA} plant virus, evolves as rapidly as most {RNA} animal viruses},
  author = {{F}argette, {D}enis and {P}inel, {A}gn{\`e}s and {R}akotomalala, {M}. and {S}angu, {E}. and {T}raor{\'e}, {O}. and {S}{\'e}r{\'e}m{\'e}, {D}. and {S}orho, {F}. and {I}ssaka, {S}. and {H}{\'e}brard, {E}ug{\'e}nie and {S}ere, {Y}. and {K}anyeka, {Z}. and {K}onat{\'e}, {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he rate of evolution of an {RNA} plant virus has never been estimated using temporally spaced sequence data, by contrast to the information available on an increasing range of animal viruses. {A}ccordingly, the evolution rate of {R}ice yellow mottle virus ({RYMV}) was calculated from sequences of the coat protein gene of isolates collected from rice over a 40-year period in different parts of {A}frica. {T}he evolution rate of {RYMV} was estimated by pairwise distance linear regression on five phylogeographically defined groups comprising a total of 135 isolates. {I}t was further assessed from 253 isolates collected all over {A}frica by {B}ayesian coalescent methods under strict and relaxed molecular clock models and under constant size and skyline population genetic models. {C}onsistent estimates of the evolution rate between 4 x 10(-4) and 8 x 10(-4) nucleotides (nt)/site/year were obtained whatever method and model were applied. {T}he synonymous evolution rate was between 8 x 10(-4) and 11 x 10(-4) nt/site/year. {T}he overall and synonymous evolution rates of {RYMV} were within the range of the rates of 50 {RNA} animal viruses, below the average but above the distribution median. {E}xperimentally, in host change studies, substitutions accumulated at an even higher rate. {T}he results show that an {RNA} plant virus such as {RYMV} evolves as rapidly as most {RNA} animal viruses. {K}nowledge of the molecular clock of plant viruses provides methods for testing a wide range of biological hypotheses.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {V}irology},
  volume = {82},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {3584--3589},
  ISSN = {0022-538{X}},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1128/{JVI}.02506-07},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010043238},
}