%0 Journal Article %A Mahony, Timothy J. %A Smith, Gregory A. %A Thomson, Darelle M. %T Macropodid herpesviruses 1 and 2 occupy unexpected molecular phylogenic positions within the Alphaherpesvirinae %D 1999 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 80 %N 2 %P 433-436 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-80-2-433 %I Microbiology Society, %X The molecular phylogeny of macropodid herpesviruses 1 and 2 (MaHV-1 and -2) has been investigated by cloning and sequencing the genes encoding glycoprotein B from both viruses. Phylogenetic reconstructions based on the putative amino acid sequences of glycoprotein B indicate that MaHV-1 and -2 are most closely related to the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae. Within the Alphaherpesvirinae, MaHV-1 and -2 are closely associated with those herpesviruses that infect primates. This phylogenetic relationship does not fit the constraints of the proposed co-evolution theory described for other members of the Alphaherpesvirinae which have mammalian hosts. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-80-2-433