Abstract
A recent proposal that the genus Rymovirus be assimilated into the genus Potyvirus is examined, discussed, and rejected. It illustrates the danger of using 'sequence identity' as a proxy for phylogenetic relatedness to distinguish closely related but distinct groups of viruses.
MeSH terms
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Base Sequence
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Biological Evolution
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Computational Biology / methods
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Genome, Viral*
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Phylogeny*
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Potyviridae / classification*
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Potyviridae / genetics
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Potyvirus / classification*
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Potyvirus / genetics
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RNA, Viral / genetics*
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Sequence Analysis, RNA
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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Terminology as Topic