Comparative genomics of hepatitis A virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis E virus provides insights into the evolutionary history of Hepatovirus species

We present evidence that these observations are only partly explained by differences in nucleotide composition of the complete viral codon regions. We consider the combination of nucleotide composition, amino acid composition, and codon usage preference suitable to provide information on possible evolutionary similarities between distant virus species that cannot be investigated by phylogeny.

Source: MicrobiologyOpen - November 18, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Trudy M. Wassenaar, Se ‐Ran Jun, Michael Robeson, David W. Ussery Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research