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Ep 91 Myxomatosis: Down the rabbit hole

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Genetic Resistance in Rabbits

Genetic resistance in rabbits also showed up in the mid 19 fifties, also decades ahead of predictions. A study examining trends in viral evolution across australia and europe where it had been released shows that there were multiple different evolutionary pathways the virus had taken. Eventually, all of these maxoma virus strains seemed to have evolved to be deadly. But if you looked at them genetically, they didn't show those same patterns of genetic alterations.

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