Why Are RNA Virus Mutation Rates So Damn High?

Overview

Journal PLoS Biol

Specialty Biology

Date 2018 Aug 14

PMID 30102691

Citations 335

Authors

Siobain Duffy

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Abstract

The high mutation rate of RNA viruses is credited with their evolvability and virulence. This Primer, however, discusses recent evidence that this is, in part, a byproduct of selection for faster genomic replication.

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