A NEUROTROPIC HERPESVIRUS INFECTING THE GASTROPOD, ABALONE, SHARES ANCESTRY WITH OYSTER HERPESVIRUS AND A HERPESVIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMPHIOXUS GENOME

Abstract Background With the exception of the oyster herpesvirus OsHV-1, all herpesviruses characterized thus far infect only vertebrates.Some cause neurological disease in their hosts, while others replicate or become latent in neurological tissues.Recently a new herpesvirus causing ganglioneuritis in abalone, a gastropod, was discovered.Molecular

The production of copper alloy devotional images of the Buddha probably began in northern India Inline - Pucks sometime in the late second century CE but certainly by the third century.From there the transmission of copper alloy Buddha sculpture technology traveled across Asia, beginning with the earliest known images from Pakistan, Afghanistan, an

Glacier surges are prevalent in the Karakoram and occasionally threaten local residents by inundating land and initiating mass movement events.The Kyagar Glacier is well known for its surge history, and in particular its frequent blocking of the downstream valley, leading to a series of high-magnitude glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).Although t