Population dynamics in the evolution of RNA viruses.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-5331-1_93

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Population dynamics in the evolution of RNA viruses.

Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 1998

Domingo E, Escarmís C, Sevilla N, Baranowski E

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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...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Mutation
RNA Viruses
Selection, Genetic

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