>
> >I read today that DWV isn't found in bees' legs. If that's true, does
> anybody know why the virus never reaches their legs?
>
> Viruses have tissue specificity, due to the binding of specific capsid
> proteins to specific cell membrane proteins.  This gets complex, what with
> the constant mutation rate of bee viruses, the swapping of viral genes, the
> reciprocal exchange of virus and bee genes, and virus hybrids.  Also, there
> is selection when viruses go between multiple hosts.


Randy Oliver

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