West Nile virus experimental evolution in vivo and the trade-off hypothesis.
In nature, arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) perpetuate through alternating replication in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. The trade-off hypothesis proposes that these viruses maintain adequate replicative fitness in two disparate hosts in exchange for superior fitness in one host. Releasing...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3213084?pdf=render |