Independent repeated mutations within the alphaviruses Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus indicates convergent evolution and past positive selection in ancestral populations despite ongoing purifying selection

Author(s):

Alyssa T. Pyke, Daniel J. Wilson, Alice Michie, John S. Mackenzie, Allison Imrie, Jane Cameron, Stephen L. Doggett, John Haniotis, Lara J. Herrero, Leon Caly, Stacey E. Lynch, Peter T. Mee, Eugene T. Madzokere, Ana L. Ramirez, Devina Paramitha, Jody Hobson-Peters, David W. Smith, Richard Weir, Mitchell Sullivan, Julian Druce, Lorna Melville, Jennifer Robson, Robert Gibb, Andrew F. Van Den Hurk, Sebastian Duchene

Details:

Virus Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2024-01-01, Article number veae080

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Affiliations:

• University of Oxford
• The University of Queensland
• The University of Western Australia
• Griffith University
• Institut Pasteur, Paris
• James Cook University
• Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Nuffield Department of Medicine
• Westmead Hospital
• Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
• The Faculty of Health Sciences
• The Jackson Laboratory
• UWA Medical School
• Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience
• Queensland Government
• Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
• Berrimah Veterinary Laboratories