Figure 1

Maximum likelihood tree using the model T92 + Gamma [28]for SEOV partial L segment sequences n = 23 in MEGA5 [35]. The trees are drawn to scale, with branch lengths measured in the number of substitutions per site. The scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. Only bootstrap support of >70% are shown. Positions with less than 95% site coverage were eliminated. There were a total of 317 positions in the final dataset. The phylogenetic positions of groups Lyon I, II and III are shown in relation to representative Seoul strains (identical sequences removed for clarity). GIV726 partial L sequence was identical to GIV733, GIV737 and GIV757 (Lyon II). LYO852 partial L sequence was identical to LYO799, 837, 838, 839, 843, 845, 848, 853, 884 and 871 (Lyon III). Genbank accession numbers are shown next to taxa names.