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Remotely Sensed Correlates of Phylogeny: Tick-Borne Flaviviruses.
- Source :
- Experimental & Applied Acarology; 2002, Vol. 28 Issue 1-4, p231-237, 7p, 2 Diagrams
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Investigates whether climatic factors direct the evolution of the vectorborne flaviviruses by testing whether the eco-climatic spaces occupied by closely related viruses are more or less similar than those occupied by more distantly related ones. Prediction that climate has been a significant factor in the evolution of these pathogens and, by implication, will be important in future events on both evolutionary and ecological time-scales; Scarcity of explanations for the driving force and constraints that have shaped the evolutionary origin of new pathogen strains; Use of data from molecular biology which can be linked with data from satellites that allow us to characterize environmental conditions on a global scale; Use of satellite imagery; which show broad-scale patterns that are consistent with the pattern of new tick-borne flaviviruses having evolved sequentially in a cline across the world; Results, including that distribution of three tick-borne flaviviruses from western Europe have been captured simultaneously by the same 10 satellite-derived seasonal climatic variables; Test for significant matches between their phylogenetic tree and an independent tree derived from quantitative descriptions of the viruses? `eco-space?, which will indicate the extent of key ecological drivers for specific evolutionary events, whose biological basis can then be explored in detail.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01688162
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 1-4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Experimental & Applied Acarology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10819178
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025310802712