Highlights•Recombination is inherent to the geminivirus replication process.•Recombination
is adaptive in the family, allowing for host shifts and increased host ranges.•Recombination …

Although exchange of genetic information by recombination plays a role in the evolution of
viruses, the extent to which it generates diversity is not clear. We analyzed genomes of …

Viruses constitute the largest group of emerging pathogens, and geminiviruses (plant
viruses with circular, single-stranded DNA genomes) are the major group of emerging plant …

The majority of plant-infecting viruses utilize an RNA genome, suggesting that plants have
imposed strict constraints on the evolution of DNA viruses. The geminiviruses represent a …

Geminiviruses and their satellites have circular single stranded DNA genomes, infecting
many crops and weeds across the globe. To successfully invade new hosts, break host …

Highlights•Geminiviruses are fast-evolving pathogens that cause severe diseases in crops
worldwide.•Geminiviruses completely rely on the host cell for their replication and …

The family Geminiviridae is one of the largest and most important families of plant viruses.
The small, single-stranded DNA genomes of geminiviruses encode 5–7 proteins that …

Pepper huasteco virus (PHV) and Pepper golden mosaic virus (PepGMV) are found in
mixtures in many horticultural crops in Mexico. This combination constitutes an interesting …

The number of plant viruses that are known likely remains only a vanishingly small fraction
of all extant plant virus species. Consequently, the distribution and population dynamics of …

Geminiviruses are insect-transmitted plant viruses with circular, single-stranded (ss) DNA
genomes that cause devastating diseases in major crops worldwide. The family …