Endogenous viral elements trace the ancient origins and early evolution of the Caulimoviridae

Héléna Vassilieff; Saad Serfraz; Nathalie Choisne; Andrew D. W. Geering; Pierre Lefeuvre; Pierre-Yves Teycheney; Florian Maumus

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1014340

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Endogenous viral elements trace the ancient origins and early evolution of the Caulimoviridae

Héléna Vassilieff ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: helena.vassilieff@icm.uu.se (HV); pierre-yves.teycheney@cirad.fr (P-YT), florian.maumus@inrae.fr (FM)

Current address: Molecular Evolution, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, BioinfOmics, URGI, Versailles, France
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Saad Serfraz,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CABB, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Nathalie Choisne,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France

Affiliation Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, BioinfOmics, URGI, Versailles, France
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Andrew D. W. Geering,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation QAAFI, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Pierre Lefeuvre,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, Saint-Pierre de La Réunion, France, CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
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Pierre-Yves Teycheney ,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: helena.vassilieff@icm.uu.se (HV); pierre-yves.teycheney@cirad.fr (P-YT), florian.maumus@inrae.fr (FM)

Affiliation CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, Saint-Pierre de La Réunion, France
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Florian Maumus

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: helena.vassilieff@icm.uu.se (HV); pierre-yves.teycheney@cirad.fr (P-YT), florian.maumus@inrae.fr (FM)

Current address: Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), Versailles, France

Affiliation Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, BioinfOmics, URGI, Versailles, France

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7325-0527

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Endogenous viral elements trace the ancient origins and early evolution of the Caulimoviridae

Héléna Vassilieff,
Saad Serfraz,
Nathalie Choisne,
Andrew D. W. Geering,
Pierre Lefeuvre,
Pierre-Yves Teycheney,
Florian Maumus

Published: June 26, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1014340

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