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Determine the evolutionary relationships, genome organization, and conserved gene content among 26 sequenced poxvirus family members.

January 1, 2004Journal of General Virology

Poxvirus genomes: a phylogenetic analysis

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Determine the evolutionary relationships, genome organization, and conserved gene content among 26 sequenced poxvirus family members.
Evaluated genome organization, gene content, and DNA and protein sequence alignments across 26 sequenced poxviruses, including chordopoxviruses and entomopoxviruses.
Reconstructed phylogenetic relationships across genera by comparing genome size, unique gene counts, gene rearrangements, and protein sequences.
Identified 90 conserved genes in the central genomic region of all chordopoxviruses, which decreased to 49 genes when two entomopoxviruses were included, with zero genes conserved near the termini across chordopoxviruses.
Identified Avipoxvirus as the most divergent chordopoxvirus genus followed by Molluscipoxvirus, while Suipoxvirus, Capripoxvirus, Leporipoxvirus, and Yatapoxvirus form a distinct cluster separate from Orthopoxvirus.
Demonstrated that Variola and Camelpox viruses form a distinct subgroup within Orthopoxvirus, while Cowpox virus strains Brighton Red and GRI-90 are divergent enough to represent separate species.

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Comparative genomic analysis reveals 90 conserved core genes across chordopoxviruses and distinct evolutionary lineages, indicating that cowpox strains represent separate viral species.

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Keller et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a705ef88031ec7bb1dc4a86 https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.19565-0

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Comparative genomic analysis reveals 90 conserved core genes across chordopoxviruses and distinct evolutionary lineages, indicating that cowpox strains represent separate viral species.

Poxvirus genomes: a phylogenetic analysis

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