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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Main Authors: Novella Isabel S, Wilke Claus O
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-06-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/3/11