A virus reveals population structure and recent demographic history of its carnivore host

被引：120

作者：

Biek, R

Drummond, AJ

Poss, M

机构：

[1] Univ Montana, Wildlife Biol Program, Missoula, MT 59812 USA

[2] Univ Montana, Div Biol Sci, Missoula, MT 59812 USA

[3] Univ Auckland, Dept Comp Sci, Auckland 1, New Zealand

来源：

SCIENCE | 2006年 / 311卷 / 5760期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1121360

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Directly transmitted parasites often provide substantial information about the temporal and spatial characteristics of host-to-host contact. Here, we demonstrate that a fast-evolving virus (feline immunodeficiency virus, FIV) can reveal details of the contemporary population structure and recent demographic history of its natural wildlife host (Puma concolor) that were not apparent from host genetic data and would be impossible to obtain by other means. We suggest that rapidly evolving pathogens may provide a complementary tool for studying population dynamics of their hosts in "shallow" time.

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页码：538 / 541

页数：4

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