Guidelines for identifying homologous recombination events in influenza A virus.

The rapid evolution of influenza viruses occurs both clonally and non-clonally through a variety of genetic mechanisms and selection pressures. The non-clonal evolution of influenza viruses comprises relatively frequent reassortment among gene segments and a more rarely reported process of non-homol...

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Main Authors: Maciej F Boni, Menno D de Jong, H Rogier van Doorn, Edward C Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2862710?pdf=render