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The effective size of populations ( Ne ) determines whether selection or genetic drift is the predominant force shaping their genetic structure and evolution. Populations having high  Ne  adapt faster, as selection acts more intensely, than populations having low  Ne , where random effects of genetic drift dominate. Estimating  Ne  for various steps of plant virus life cycle has been the focus of several studies in the last decade, but no estimates are available for the vertical transmission of plant viruses, although virus seed transmission is economically significant in at least 18% of plant viruses in at least one plant species. Here we study the co-dynamics of two variants of  Pea seedborne mosaic virus  (PSbMV) colonizing leaves of pea plants ( Pisum sativum  L.) during the whole flowering period, and their subsequent transmission to plant progeny through seeds. Whereas classical estimators of  Ne  could be used for leaf infection at the systemic level, as virus variants were equally competitive, dedicated stochastic models were needed to estimate  Ne  during vertical transmission. Very little genetic drift was observed during the infection of apical leaves, with  Ne  values ranging from 59 to 216. In contrast, a very drastic genetic drift was observed during vertical transmission, with an average number of infectious virus particles contributing to the infection of a seedling from an infected mother plant close to one. A simple model of vertical transmission, assuming a cumulative action of virus infectious particles and a virus density threshold required for vertical transmission to occur fitted the experimental data very satisfactorily. This study reveals that vertically-transmitted viruses endure bottlenecks as narrow as those imposed by horizontal transmission. These bottlenecks are likely to slow down virus adaptation and could decrease virus fitness and virulence.

Narrow Bottlenecks Affect Pea Seedborne Mosaic Virus Populations during Vertical Seed Transmission but not during Leaf Colonization