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Evidence of Muller's ratchet in herpes simplex virus type 1.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Feb 2013
Jaramillo Nacarí, Domingo Esteban, Muñoz-Egea María Carmen, Tabarés Enrique, Gadea Ignacio
Abstract excerpt
Population bottlenecks can have major effects in the evolution of RNA viruses, but their possible influence in the evolution of DNA viruses is largely unknown. Genetic and biological variation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) has been studied by subjecting 23 biological clones of the virus to 10 plaque-to-plaque transfers. In contrast to large population passages, plaque transfers led to a decrease in...
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