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Diversity and selective forces in the key honey bee pathogen, Deformed wing virus

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posted on 2024-09-29, 05:44 authored by USDA-ARS
Deformed wing virus (DWV) is an important pathogen of honey bees tied to widespread colony losses. The introduction of the honey bee parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, has impacted both the virulence and the diversity of DWV. Here we use high-throughput RNA sequencing to survey the genetic structure and, for the first time, test the selective forces faced by virulent DWV populations from the mainland United States. To do this, we produced a series of infectious cDNA clones corresponding to major full-length RNA genome variants (GenBank Accession numbers - MG831200 - MG831204) present in a typical virulent Varroa-associated US DWV population. Injections of these clones allowed us to assess infectivity, genetic stability of the clone-derived DWV variants, and interaction between the clones in the infected honey bees.

Funding

USDA-NIFA: 2017-06481

History

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BioProject Curation Staff

Publisher

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Temporal Extent Start Date

2018-01-26

Theme

  • Non-geospatial

ISO Topic Category

  • biota

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

sequence analysis

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Accession Number

PRJNA431793

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It is recommended to cite the accession numbers that are assigned to data submissions, e.g. the GenBank, WGS or SRA accession numbers. If individual BioProjects need to be referenced, state that "The data have been deposited with links to BioProject accession number PRJNA431793 in the NCBI BioProject database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/)."

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