Assertion: rabie virus | /r/CapableOf | have undergone evolutionary shift
Facets:
value: in hosts from chiroptera
type: LOCATION
value: to a species of carnivora
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The rabies virus appears to have undergone an evolutionary shift in hosts from Chiroptera (bats) to a species of Carnivora (i.e. raccoon or skunk) as a result of an homologous recombination event that occurred hundreds of years ago This recombination event altered the gene that encodes the virus glycoprotein that is necessary for receptor recognition and binding.