Dr. Rowan Durrant

@rowandurrant.bsky.social

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Postdoc at the University of Glasgow | virus phylogenetics and evolutionary modelling | she/her

Screenshot of a section of the manuscript with the following formula: the observed tree length multiplied by the square root of the proportion of cases sequenced, minus the per-generation substitution rate times the number of tips in the tree minus the proportion of cases sequenced, is equal to zero.
CpG content is higher in carnivore-associated rabies clades than in bat-associated clades. (A) Ratio of observed-to-expected CpG content, where a value of 1 indicates no bias, >1 indicates overrepresentation of CpG, and <1 indicates underrepresentation. (B) Ratio of observed-to-expected UpA content. (C) Number of CpG dinucleotides by clade. (D) Number of UpA dinucleotides by clade.
Codon usage between species-specific clades is different, and shaped by purine and UpA content. (A) Principal component analysis of raw codon usage values. (B) Purine content at the third position is correlated with PC1. (C) Obs/exp UpA content is negatively correlated with PC2. The point colour represents the RABV clade. Point shape represents whether the host species is a bat (round) or a carnivore (triangle). CFB = Chinese ferret badger.
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Rowan sitting on a thin snow ridge approaching the Aiguille du Midi lift station in Chamonix, France. She is wearing a helmet, harness and crampons.