Population dynamics in the evolution of RNA viruses.

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RNA virus quasispecies are subjected to processes of positive Darwinian selection, to a very active and continuous negative selection and to random genetic drift. The course of RNA virus evolution is often unpredictable, and recent results suggest that even highly conserved motifs, once regarded as essential for infectivity, may be rendered dispensable by singular evolutionary events. An immediate consequence of...

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