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Is the Quasispecies Concept Relevant to RNA Viruses?

Edward C. HolmesAndrés Moya

subject

VirologyInsect ScienceViral evolutionImmunologyRNARNA virusBiological evolutionViral quasispeciesBiologybiology.organism_classificationMicrobiologyVirology

description

The study of RNA virus evolution has blossomed over the last 20 years. Despite the emergence of this new discipline, there has been little active debate over perhaps the most fundamental question of all. Do RNA viruses evolve in a manner that is qualitatively different from other life forms? For

https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.76.1.460-462.2002