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[Variability and development of viral populations: assessment and implications].
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Jan 1999
Baranowski E, Ruiz-Jarabo C M, Escarmis C, Domingo E
Abstract excerpt
RNA virus populations consist of complex distributions of closely related but not identical genomes known as viral quasi-species. The quasi-species concept describes the dynamics of these genomes subjected to a continuous process of variation, competition, and selection. Quasi-species dynamics has broad implications not only in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptation of RNA viruses but...
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