Quasispecies in retrotransposons: a role for sequence variability in Tnt1 evolution.

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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 environmen...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Base Sequence
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Plants, Toxic
RNA
Retroelements
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Nicotiana

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