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Viral Bottlenecks During Mosquito Transmission

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This visual abstract depicts how viruses undergo repeated tissue associated bottlenecks during systemic mosquito infection, and the recovery genetic diversity is species dependent. These cycles, along with weak purifying selection, are responsible for the fitness costs associated with mosquito transmission.

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Grubaugh <i>et al</i>./<i>Cell Host & Microbe 2016</i>

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