Quasispecies and the implications for virus persistence and escape.

doi:10.1016/s0928-0197(98)00032-4

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Quasispecies and the implications for virus persistence and escape.

Clinical and diagnostic virology - 15 Jul 1998

Domingo E

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BACKGROUND: In the 1970s Manfred Eigen and colleagues proposed a new model of molecular evolution to explain adaptability and rapid evolution of simple replicons, as those that probably populated the earth at the onset of life. This model of evolution placed emphasis on mutant generation, to the...

Topics

Animals
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Humans
RNA Virus Infections
RNA Viruses

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