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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Virology
  • Genetics

Background:

  • RNA viruses are highly diverse, abundant, and evolve rapidly.
  • Extensive genetic data exist, yet evolutionary genetics plays a limited role in understanding virus evolution.
  • Studies have been dominated by independent experimental and comparative approaches.

Observation:

  • Experimental studies focus on short-term, intrahost mechanisms, potentially lacking relevance to natural systems.
  • Comparative approaches analyze natural populations via phylogenetics but miss causative evolutionary processes.
  • A disconnect exists between intrahost evolution and broader epidemiological/geological timescales.

Findings:

  • Evolutionary genetics has been underutilized in RNA virus research.
  • Experimental and comparative approaches have historically operated independently.
  • A synthesis of these methods is needed to bridge scales of viral evolution.

Implications:

  • Integrating experimental and comparative approaches within evolutionary genetics is crucial.
  • Linking intrahost viral evolution with epidemiological and geological scales is necessary.
  • Next-generation sequencing and metagenomics may drive this new synthesis.