Article
RNA virus populations as quasispecies.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 1992
Holland J J, De La Torre J C, Steinhauer D A
Abstract excerpt
RNA virus mutation frequencies generally approach maximum tolerable levels, and create complex indeterminate quasispecies populations in infected hosts. This usually favors extreme rates of evolution, although periods of relative stasis or equilibrium, punctuated by rapid change may also occur (a...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Humans
- Mutation
- RNA Viruses
- Species Specificity
- Virus Diseases