The dN/dS ratio between nonsynonymous and synonymous substitution rates has been used extensively to identify codon positions involved in adaptive processes. However, the accuracy of this approach has been questioned and very few studies have attempted to validate experimentally its predictions. Using the coat protein (CP) of Potato virus Y (PVY; genus Potyvirus, family Potyviridae) as a case s...

Potato virus Y (PVY) is a major pathogen of potatoes and other solanaceous crops worldwide. It is most closely related to potyviruses first or only found in the Americas, and it almost certainly originated in the Andes, where its hosts were domesticated. We have inferred the phylogeny of the published genomic sequences of 240 PVY isolates collected since 1938 worldwide, but not the Andes. All f...

tomato is one of the most important vegetables in iran and throughout the world with crop loss caused by several viruses. this survey was carried out to detect the viruses causing mosaic symptoms on tomato in yazd city (iran). a total of 451 samples of tomato leaves showing mosaic symptoms were collected from fields and greenhouses during 2012-2013 growing season. collected samples were analyze...

La uchuva es una de las frutas promisorias para la zona andina Colombia gracias a su alta demanda internacional. En Antioquia, siembra se concentra en el oriente, aunque otras subregiones como norte y suroeste presentan condiciones óptimas cultivo. Ya que enfermedades origen viral son uno los problemas emergentes este frutal, estudio evaluó infección virus RNA infectan cultivos Antioquia. Para ...

Hypersensitive response (HR)-conferred resistance to viral infection restricts the virus spread and is accompanied by the induction of cell death, manifested as the formation of necrotic lesions. While it is known that salicylic acid is the key component in the orchestration of the events restricting viral spread in HR, the exact function of the cell death in resistance is still unknown. We sho...

BACKGROUND Mating behaviors in simple invertebrate model organisms represent tractable paradigms for understanding the neural bases of sex-specific behaviors, decision-making and sensorimotor integration. However, there are few examples where such neural circuits have been defined at high resolution or interrogated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here we exploit the simplicity of the nematode...