Non‐random reassortment in human influenza A viruses
Background The influenza A virus has two basic modes of evolution. Because of a high error rate in the process of replication by RNA polymerase, the viral genome drifts via accumulated mutations. The second mode of evolution is termed a shift, which results from the reassortment of the eight segme...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2008
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4634327/ |