MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A naturally-occurring mutation in a rabbit-specific virus -- related to the smallpox virus --weakens the virus and may give insight to understanding pathogen evolution, according ...

The origin of new and complex structures and functions is fundamental for shaping the diversity of life. Such key innovations are rare because they require multiple interacting changes. We sought to ...

Retroviruses are important pathogens, which have attacked vertebrate hosts for millions of years. Researchers from Uppsala University and Lund University, now provide new knowledge about the long-term ...

In a recent study posted to the EcoEvoRxiv* preprint server, researchers developed a spatial and quantitative framework to explore the biogeography of and map the evolutionary risk of bat-origin beta ...

Coevolution with phages drive the evolution of high bacterial mutation rates in vitro, but the relevance of this finding to natural populations is unclear. Here, we investigated how coevolution ...

Biologists have found a molecular explanation for myxoma virus/rabbit coevolution in Australia. The study of myxoma virus — related to the smallpox virus — may give insight to pathogen evolution. A ...

Retroviruses are important pathogens, which have attacked vertebrate hosts for millions of years. Researchers now provide new knowledge about the long-term interactions of retroviruses and their hosts ...