Is group selection a factor modulating the virulence of RNA viruses?

Genetical Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Miralles, Rosario ^a   Moya, Andrés ^a   Elena, Santiago F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; RNA VIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RNA VIRUSES; SELECTION (GENETICS); VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS; VIRULENCE;

RNA VIRUSES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030823459     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397002735     Document Type: Article

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