Mechanisms and Factors that Influence High Frequency Retroviral Recombination
With constantly changing environmental selection pressures, retroviruses rely upon recombination to reassort polymorphisms in their genomes and increase genetic diversity, which improves the chances for the survival of their population. Recombination occurs during DNA synthesis, whereby reverse tran...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Viruses |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/3/9/1650/ |