Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection
Renzette N, Gibson L, Bhattacharjee B, Fisher D, Schleiss M, Jensen J, Kowalik T. Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection. PLOS Genetics 2013, 9: e1003735. PMID: 24086142, PMCID: PMC3784496, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive selectionCongenital HCMV infectionApplication of population genetic methodsHuman cytomegalovirus evolutionViral populationsPopulation genetic methodsPopulation genetic approachesHuman cytomegalovirusModels of demographyOpen reading frameHCMV populationsHCMV infectionPatterns of variationUnrelated hostsReading frameGenome populationsWeeks gestational ageGenetic approachesGenetic methodsDNA virusesHuman hostPervasive driverHost environmentCompartmental variablesViral evolution