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Short-Sighted Virus Evolution and a Germline Hypothesis for Chronic Viral Infections

With extremely short generation times and high mutability, many viruses can rapidly evolve and adapt to changing environments. This ability is generally beneficial to viruses as it allows them to evade host immune responses, evolve new behaviours, and exploit ecological niches. However, natural sele...

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Autores principales: Lythgoe, Katrina A., Gardner, Andy, Pybus, Oliver G., Grove, Joe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28377208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2017.03.003