Genetics and Genomics of Plant Viruses
A special issue of Genes (ISSN 2073-4425). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Genetics and Genomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2024) | Viewed by 183
Special Issue Editor
Interests: virus evolution; plant virus interaction
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Dear Colleagues,
Plant viruses accumulate heritable genetic changes during their lifetime, which can arise from adaptations in response to environmental changes or the immune response of the host. Because of their short generation times and large population sizes, RNA viruses can evolve rapidly. More recently, various breakthroughs have led to the rapid advance of plant virus evolution. Within the devastating global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, the genomics, genetics, phylogenetics, epidemiology, and evolution of plant viruses have received unprecedented attention. This research topic will present articles and review papers covering plant virus genome and evolution, including both computational and experimental approaches. Sub-topics may include (but are not limited to) plant virus identification, plant virus evolution and classification, phylogenetics, epidemiology and surveillance, plant virus experimental evolution, viral metagenomics and ecology, and viral bioinformatics and software.
We welcome original research articles and review papers about the recent advancements and current understanding of plant viruses’ computational and experimental evolution.
Dr. Zhen He
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant virus identification
- plant viral metagenomics and ecology
- plant virus evolution
- phylogenetics
- epidemiology
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