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A phylogenetic tree for occluded baculoviruses was constructed based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of occlusion body proteins from six baculoviruses including three lepidopteran nuclear polyhedrosis viruses (NPVs), [two unicapsid (Bombyx mori andOrgyia pseudotsugata) and one multicapsid (Orgyia pseudotsugata)]; one granulosis virus (Pieris brassicae); and NPVs from a hymenopteran (Neodiprion sertifer) and a dipteran (Tipula paludosa). Amino acid sequence data for theB. mori NPV were from a report by Sere-bryani et al. (1977) and that for theO. pseudotsugata NPVs were reported previously by us (Rohrmann et al. 1979). The other N-terminal amino acid sequences are presented in this paper. The phylogenetic relationships determined based on the molecular evolution of polyhedrin were also investigated by antigenic comparisons of the proteins using a solid phase radioimmune assay. The results indicate that the lepidopteran NPVs are the most closely related of the above group of viruses and are related to these viruses in the following order:N. sertifer NPV,P. brassicae granulosis virus, andT. paludosa NPV. These data, in conjunction withBaculovirus distribution and evidence concerning insect phylogeny, suggest that theBaculovirus have an ancient association with insects and may have evolved along with them.
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Rohrmann, G.F., Pearson, M.N., Bailey, T.J. et al. N-terminal polyhedrin sequences and occludedBaculovirus evolution. J Mol Evol 17, 329–333 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01734354
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