Cospeciation of coronavirus and paramyxovirus with their bat hosts in the same geographical areas

BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Liang, Jie¹  Zhu, Chunchao²  Zhang, Libiao¹ 

[1] Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences;Zunyi Medical University

关键词: Coevolution;    Coronavirus;    Paramyxovirus;    SARS;    MERS;    Hendra virus;    Nipha virus;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12862-021-01878-7

学科分类：护理学

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Bat-borne viruses are relatively host specific. We hypothesize that this host specificity is due to coevolution of the viruses with their hosts. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the coevolution of coronavirus and paramyxovirus with their bat hosts. Published nucleotide sequences of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) gene of 60 coronavirus strains identified from 37 bat species, the RNA polymerase large (L) gene of 36 paramyxovirus strains from 29 bat species, and the cytochrome B (cytB) gene of 35 bat species were analyzed for coevolution signals. Each coevolution signal detected was tested and verified by global-fit cophylogenic analysis using software ParaFit, PACo, and eMPRess. Significant coevolution signals were detected in coronaviruses and paramyxoviruses and their bat hosts, and closely related bat hosts were found to carry closely related viruses. Our results suggest that paramyxovirus and coronavirus coevolve with their hosts.

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