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The evolution of bluetongue virus: genetic and phenotypic diversity of field strains.
Polish journal of veterinary sciences - 1 Jan 2013
Niedbalski W
Abstract excerpt
Bluetongue virus (BTV), the aetiological agent of bluetongue (BT), is a small (about 70 nm in diameter) icosahedral virus with a genome composed of ten linear segments of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which is packaged within an icosahedral nucleocapsid composed of seven structural proteins. The BTV genome evolves rapidly via genetic drift, reassortment of genome segments (genetic shift) and intragenic...
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