Table 1 Variation in TYLCV populations obtained from the TYLCV-infected tomato and viruliferous B. tabaci MED and B. tabaci Asia II 1.

From: Molecular variation of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in the insect vector Bemisia tabaci

Host

Days p.i.

Replicate

% of mutant clone

Total mutations/bases sequenced

Mutation frequencyb

tomato

30

1

29.4% (5/17)

5/47277

1.06 × 10−4

2

40% (8/20)

9/55620

1.62 × 10−4

3

52.9% (9/17)

16/47277

3.38 × 10−4

Total

40.77%

30/150174

2.02 × 10 −4 a

45

1

58.8% (10/17)

11/47277

2.32 × 10−4

2

50% (9/18)

14/50058

2.80 × 10−4

3

61.1% (11/18)

12/50058

2.39 × 10−4

Total

56.60%

37/147393

2.5 × 10 −4 a

90

1

70.6% (12/17)

21/47277

4.44 × 10−4

2

64.7% (11/17)

13/47277

2.75 × 10−4

3

66.7% (12/18)

19/50058

3.8 × 10−4

Total

67.30%

53/144612

3.66 × 10 −4 a

MED

0.5a

1

18.75% (3/16)

3/44496

6.74 × 10−5

2

45% (9/20)

18/55620

3.23 × 10−4

3

35% (7/20)

8/55620

1.43 × 10−4

Total

32.92%

29/155736

1.78 × 10 −4 a

15

1

93.3% (14/15)

139/41715

3.33 × 10−3

2

94.4% (17/18)

156/50058

3.12 × 10−3

3

100% (15/15)

199/41715

4.77 × 10−3

Total

95.9%

494/133488

3.74 × 10 −3 b

Asia II 1

0.5a

1

33.3% (4/12)

15/33372

4.49 × 10−4

2

7.69% (1/13)

1/36153

2.76 × 10−5

3

4.54% (1/22)

1/61182

1.63 × 10−5

Total

15.18%

17/130707

1.643 × 10 −4 a

15

1

100% (12/12)

117/33372

3.50 × 10−3

2

100% (11/11)

104/30591

3.40 × 10−3

3

100% (12/12)

114/33372

3.42 × 10−3

Total

100%

335/97335

3.44 × 10 −3 b

Rolling circle amplification control

 

5%(1/20)

1/55620

1.80 × 10 −5c

  1. a12 hours. bStatistically significant differences in diversity levels are denoted by letters next to mutation frequencies. Mutation frequencies with the same letter are not statistically different. Least significant differences were determined using the ANOVA test (p ≤ 0.05 level).