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Quasispecies in retrotransposons: a role for sequence variability in Tnt1 evolution.
Genetica - 1 Jan 1997
Casacuberta J M, Vernhettes S, Audeon C, Grandbastien M A
Abstract excerpt
Retroviral replication is a very error-prone process. Replication of retroviruses gives rise to populations of closely related but different genomes referred to as 'quasispecies'. This huge swarm of different sequences constitutes a reservoir of potentially useful genomes in case of an environmental change, endowing retroviruses with extreme adaptability. Retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements closely...
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