scholarly journals Colonization history of Mallorca Island by the European rabbit,Oryctolagus cuniculus, and the Iberian hare,Lepus granatensis(Lagomorpha: Leporidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 748-760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando A. Seixas ◽  
Javier Juste ◽  
Paula F. Campos ◽  
Miguel Carneiro ◽  
Nuno Ferrand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oryctolagus Cuniculus ◽  
European Rabbit ◽  
Colonization History ◽  
Lepus Granatensis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mallorca Island ◽  
Iberian Hare

scholarly journals Genetic characterization of a recombinant myxoma virus leap into the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Águeda-Pinto ◽  
Ana Lemos de Matos ◽  
Mário Abrantes ◽  
Simona Kraberger ◽  
Maria A. Risalde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myxoma Virus ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
European Rabbit ◽  
New Host ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Lepus Granatensis ◽  
Domestic Rabbits ◽  
Iberian Hare

AbstractMyxomatosis is a lethal disease of wild European and domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) caused by a Myxoma virus (MYXV) infection, a leporipoxvirus that is found naturally in someSylvilagusrabbit species in South America and California. The introduction of MYXV in the early 1950s into feral European rabbit populations in Australia and Europe demonstrate the best documented field example of host-virus coevolution following a cross-species transmission. Recently, a new cross-species jump of MYXV has been suggested in both Great Britain and Spain, where European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were found dead with lesions consistent with those observed in myxomatosis. To investigate the possibility of a new cross-species transmission event by MYXV, tissue samples collected from a wild Iberian hare found dead in Spain (Toledo region) were analyzed and deep sequenced. Our results report a new MYXV strain (MYXV Toledo) in the tissues of this species. The genome of this new strain encodes three disrupted genes (M009L,M036LandM152R) and a novel 2.8 KB recombinant region that resulted from an insertion of four novel poxviral genes towards the 5’ end of its genome. From the open reading frames inserted into the MYXV Toledo strain, a new orthologue of a poxvirus host range gene family member was identified which is related to the MYXV geneM064R. Overall, we confirmed the identity of a new MYXV strain in Iberian hares that we hypothesize was able to more effectively counteract the host defenses in hares and start an infectious process in this new host.

scholarly journals Genetic Characterization of a Recombinant Myxoma Virus in the Iberian Hare (Lepus granatensis)

Viruses ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Águeda-Pinto ◽  
Ana Lemos de Matos ◽  
Mário Abrantes ◽  
Simona Kraberger ◽  
Maria A. Risalde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myxoma Virus ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
European Rabbit ◽  
New Host ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Lepus Granatensis ◽  
Domestic Rabbits ◽  
Iberian Hare

Myxomatosis is a lethal disease in wild European and domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), which is caused by a Myxoma virus (MYXV) infection—a leporipoxvirus that is found naturally in some Sylvilagus rabbit species in South America and California. The introduction of MYXV into feral European rabbit populations of Australia and Europe, in the early 1950s, demonstrated the best-documented field example of host–virus coevolution, following a cross-species transmission. Recently, a new cross-species jump of MYXV has been suggested in both Great Britain and Spain, where European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were found dead with lesions consistent with those observed in myxomatosis. To investigate the possibility of a new cross-species transmission event by MYXV, tissue samples collected from a wild Iberian hare found dead in Spain (Toledo region) were analyzed and deep sequenced. Our results reported a new MYXV isolate (MYXV Toledo) in the tissues of this species. The genome of this new virus was found to encode three disruptive genes (M009L, M036L, and M152R) and a novel ~2.8 kb recombinant region, which resulted from an insertion of four novel poxviral genes towards the 3’ end of the negative strand of its genome. From the open reading frames inserted into the MYXV Toledo virus, a new orthologue of a poxvirus host range gene family member was identified, which was related to the MYXV gene M064R. Overall, we confirmed the identity of a new MYXV isolate in Iberian hares, which, we hypothesized, was able to more effectively counteract the host defenses in hares and start an infectious process in this new host.

The burrow structure of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.)

2009 ◽  
Vol 206 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. KOLB
Keyword(s):  
Oryctolagus Cuniculus ◽  
European Rabbit ◽  
Burrow Structure

scholarly journals Mice as stowaways? Colonization history of Danish striped field mice

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 20170064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liselotte Wesley Andersen ◽  
Magnus Jacobsen ◽  
Christina Vedel-Smith ◽  
Thomas Secher Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Divergence Time ◽  
Mitochondrial Genomes ◽  
Field Mouse ◽  
Colonization History ◽  
Striped Field Mouse ◽  
Steppe Region ◽  
History Of ◽  
Field Mice ◽  
Human Introduction

Species from the steppe region of Eastern Europe likely colonized northwestern Europe in connection with agriculture after 6500 BP. The striped field mouse ( Apodemus agrarius Pallas, 1783), is a steppe-derived species often found in human crops. It is common on the southern Danish islands of Lolland and Falster, which have been isolated from mainland Europe since approximately 10 300–8000 BP. Thus, this species could have been brought in with humans in connection with agriculture, or it could be an earlier natural invader. We sequenced 86 full mitochondrial genomes from the northwestern range of the striped field mouse, analysed phylogenetic relationships and estimated divergence time. The results supported human-induced colonization of Denmark in the Subatlantic or Subboreal period. A newly discovered population from Central Jutland in Denmark diverged from Falster approximately 100–670 years ago, again favouring human introduction. One individual from Sweden turned out to be a recent introduction from Central Jutland.

scholarly journals The origin and colonization history of the barley scald pathogen Rhynchosporium secalis

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 1311-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. BRUNNER ◽  
S. SCHÜRCH ◽  
B. A. MCDONALD
Keyword(s):  
Rhynchosporium Secalis ◽  
Colonization History ◽  
History Of
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