Phenotypic mixing and hiding may contribute to memory in viral quasispecies
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In a number of recent experiments with food-and-mouth disease virus, a deleterious mutant, RED, was found to avoid extinction and remain in the population for long periods of time. Since RED characterizes the past evolutionary histor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2003-06-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/3/11 |