Article
Subclonal components of consensus fitness in an RNA virus clone.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 1994
Duarte E A, Novella I S, Ledesma S, Clarke D K, Moya A, Elena S F, Domingo E, Holland J J
Abstract excerpt
Most RNA virus populations exhibit extremely high mutation frequencies which generate complex, genetically heterogeneous populations referred to as quasi-species. Previous work has shown that when a large spectrum of the quasi-species is transferred, natural selection operates, leading to elimination of noncompetitive (inferior) genomes and rapid gains in fitness. However, whenever the population is repeatedly...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Cricetinae
- Genes, Viral
- Mutation
- Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
- Virus Replication
