Publications by authors named "Karin T Averbeck"
Article Synopsis
- The epidemiology of Varicella zoster virus (VZV) varies by region, with chickenpox being more severe in tropical countries compared to temperate ones.
- A study in Guinea Bissau revealed that the early age of VZV infection in this population is due to unusually large household sizes, despite lower overall household infectivity rates.
- This research highlights how social and physical environments impact the transmission and severity of infections like chickenpox, leading to unique epidemiological patterns in different geographical areas.
Non-LTR retrotransposons R1 and R2 have persisted in rRNA gene loci (rDNA) since the origin of arthropods despite their continued elimination by the recombinational mechanisms of concerted evolution. This study evaluated the short-term evolutionary dynamics of the rDNA locus by measuring the divergence among replicate Drosophila melanogaster lines after 400 generations. The total number of rDNA units on the X chromosome of each line varied from 140 to 310, while the fraction of units inserted with R1 and R2 retrotransposons ranged from 37 to 65%.
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